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tealeafbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Among other things, here are the cutest penguin illustrations.
If you're looking for nonfiction, this is good. Published in 2005, and it's a pity that it took this long to read it. (But I was 9 and not going to find it in school.)
If you're looking for nonfiction, this is good. Published in 2005, and it's a pity that it took this long to read it. (But I was 9 and not going to find it in school.)
90sinmyheart's review
5.0
What a wonderful, adorable, TRUE book about love in the animal kingdom (well, reasonably hand-drawn facsimile, the zoo). I was seriously perturbed by the handful of reviews claiming the book is super graphic and controversial. The penguin couple cuddle and raise a baby together - there is NO penguin sex in this book. As for controversy, it's only a bee in your bonnet if you think children shouldn't learn that, horror of horrors, sometimes dudes like other dudes. Also, THEY'RE PENGUINS.
My toddler son enjoyed this book and thanked me for expanding the heteronormative lens that society uses to oppress those that fall outside the straight/cis/white realm.
My toddler son enjoyed this book and thanked me for expanding the heteronormative lens that society uses to oppress those that fall outside the straight/cis/white realm.
mommyre's review
5.0
I am reading through as many banned/ challenged books as I can. All I can say is book banners, are you kidding me? Y'all. This is not a ploy to further the "gay" agenda or anything of that nature. It's about penguins who adopt a baby that would otherwise not be cared for. The penguins are, in fact, both males, but it doesn't glorify same-sex couples or whatever in the hell y'all want to call it. It's told in a very matter-of-fact manner easy for small children to understand. My six-year-old with Down syndrome said "Awwww he's so cute. Look at the penguin." She also said, "two daddies? Okay." She also reread the story to me and said, "Carousel at the zoo. I ride the carousel. Penguins need an egg. Aww, the daddies. The end." She's quite traumatized.
courtneys_shelves's review against another edition
5.0
The true story of Roy, Silo, and their chick Tango at the Central Park Zoo. A classic.
jwinchell's review
4.0
A non-fiction picture book--I love when books blur the genre lines, and this one aims to inform and tell a story. I also really dug the curiosity it sparked in me--Roy and Silo are real! I want to know more about homosexuality in animals! -- but that it also normalizes something for the animal kingdom that my own kids take as normal in people. Love is love!
janedreader's review
5.0
Charming and adorable. Anyone wanting to ban this lovely book needs to rethink their priorities