Review
"A touching and delightful variation on a major theme." -- Maurice Sendak
"This wonderful story of devotion is heartwarming proof that Mother Nature knows best." -- Harvey Fierstein
"Charming! And Tango Makes Three proves that all kinds of love can create a family." -- Wendy Wasserstein
"A little miracle for children. Funny, tender, and true, the story of Tango will delight young readers and open their minds." -- John Lithgow
*"Cole's pictures complement the perfectly cadenced text...Those who share this with children will find themselves returning to it again and again...for the two irresistible birds at its center and for the celebration of patient, loving fathers who 'knew just what to do.'" ― Booklist, starred review
*"[A] hearwarming tale. Older readers will most appreciate the...larger theme of tolerance at work in this touching tale." ― Publishers Weekly, starred review
*"This joyful story about the meaning of family is a must for any library." ― School Library Journal, starred review
*"In this true, straightforwardly (so to speak) delivered tale, two male chinstrap penguins at New York City's Central Park Zoo bond, build a nest and--thanks to a helping hand from an observant zookeeper--hatch and raise a penguin chick...Readers may find its theme of acecptance even more convincing for being delivered in such a matter of fact, non-preachy way." ― Kirkus Reviews, starred review
A charming and adorable story that proves love isn't confined by a set of rules of what's right or wrong. Love is Love.” ― Nathan Lane & Devlin Elliott
"While this could introduce a discussion about various kinds of families, it's also a cheerful and endearing animal story that should please any aficionado of the zoo's penguin enclosure." ― BCCB
"Tango Makes Three rises above the message it carries and becomes the rarest of birds, a 'message book' that's also a really good story." ― NYTBR
About the Author
Justin Richardson, MD, is the coauthor, with Peter Parnell, of the award-winning picture book And Tango Makes Three. Dr. Richardson is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia and Cornell and the coauthor of Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask). Dr. Richardson and his advice have been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post, on the Today show and NPR’s Morning Edition, and in numerous magazines. Dr. Richardson lectures to parents and teachers on parenting and the sexual development of children.
Peter Parnell is the coauthor, with Justin Richardson, of And Tango Makes Three. He is a playwright whose plays have been produced at the Public Theater and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the Seattle Repertory Company, among others. His play QED was produced on Broadway. He has written extensively for television as a producer for both The West Wing and The Guardian; he has also written episodes of Maurice Sendak’s series Little Bear. He lives in New York City.
Henry Cole has written and illustrated more than 150 books for children, including Spot, the Cat; And Tango Makes Three; Oink?; and Little Bo in France. He is also the illustrator of With a Little Help from My Friends by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. A former elementary school teacher, he now writes and paints full time.
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And Tango Makes Three
By Justin Richardson Peter ParnellSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Copyright © 2005 Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-689-87845-9
Chapter One
And in the penguin house there are penguin families. Every year at the very same time, the girl penguins start noticing the boy penguins. And the boy penguins start noticing the girls. When the right girl and the right boy find each other, they become a couple.
Two penguins in the penguin house were a little bit different. One was named Roy, and the other was named Silo. Roy and Silo were both boys. But they did everything together.
They bowed to each other.
And walked together.
They sang to each other.
And swam together.
Wherever Roy went, Silo went too.
(Continues...)
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