Tuesday, October 6, 2009

And Tango Makes Three

And Tango Makes Three By Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell Illustrated by Henry Cole

I can see how this is a controversial book for many people, but I thought it was a very cute book. What I don't get though is the fact that it is a true story-so how could it be wrong? I don't understand why parents are offended with this sort of book. It's stating the facts that these things are happening around us. I don't think we should try to hide our students from this at any age. I think we should expose them early to every sort of family so other kids aren't getting made fun of for having a different family. The more they are educated the better off we will be for this type of thing.

This book is about penguins at the Central Park Zoo. It explains that all penguins pair with a boy and a girl and they have a baby together, that is their normal lifestyle. In one special case two boys paired up and fell in love. They were not able to have kids like the other pairs were, but one pair had two so they were given an egg to keep as their own. They loved and cared for this child just as well as the other penguin families. Other than it not being a norm for the penguins there was nothing wrong with this situation.

I enjoyed the story plot, I thought it was a good representation of a couple who, although they maybe a little unique, they can still do normal things and be loving parents. The pictures in this book were also very appealing. I liked how the illustrations were from different angles. On a few pages you see the view from the top looking down, so you can see the penguin's heads sitting in their nests. You don't see that in many books. The colors used were pale and mostly neutral colors. I liked how in the pictures the penguins facial expressions were all happy, especially when Roy and Silo's egg finally hatches. They look so pleased to finally be parents!

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