![]() ![]() In the book, the penguins share a nest like other penguin couples and together nurture a fertilized egg, then raise the chick. ![]() ![]() "A Southwick, MA, school librarian says she fears losing her job after introducing a class of second graders to And Tango Makes Three (S & S, 2005)-the fictionalized children’s picture book based on two real-life male penguins at New York’s Central Park Zoo. ![]() 'And Tango Makes Three' Prompts Serious Challenge in Massachusetts School - School Library Journal, Charlotte, North Carolina, the superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools ordered the book removed from school libraries.The school's superintendent resolved instead to keep the book freely available. Parents of students at Shiloh Elementary School in Shiloh, Illinois requested in November 2006 that the book be placed in a restricted section of the library and for the school to require parental permission prior to checking the book out.Individuals and groups in at least 15 US states have challenged libraries over And Tango Makes Three, seeking to have the book labeled with a content warning, moved to a different section of the library or removed from shelves altogether, according to the ALA's Office of Intellectual Freedom.Įxamples of Challenges to And Tango Makes Three ![]()
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