![]() ![]() Justin and Peter: We did anticipate that there would be some resistance to the book when we wrote it. What has it been like all these years to hear repeated stories about its many challenges and bans across the country? Did you have any sense that this would happen? Justin and Peter join me today to talk about Florida’s new law - and much more. ![]() (My favorite thing of 2022 thus far is when they write: “Probably best to give a wide berth to all books featuring gendered heavy machinery, at least until we can figure out what’s what.”) Justin and Peter have had well over a decade to acclimate to book challenges but have some thoughts about Florida’s House Bill 1557, otherwise known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, even putting some of those thoughts into this Washington Post piece, addressed to K-3 teachers of Florida. (Listing all its many challenges would find me slumped over my keyboard into my old age, so I’ll just send you here at Tango’s Wikipedia entry if you’re so inclined to read about the frequent challenges to the book.) ![]() Since its publication, this picture book has been one of the most challenged books in America. The two pair-bond, build a nest, and eventually hatch an egg (thanks to help from a zookeeper). It tells the warmhearted true story of two male Emperor Penguins, Roy and Silo, at the Central Park Zoo. ![]() It’s been 17 years since the publication of Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell’s And Tango Makes Three, illustrated by Henry Cole. ![]()
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