This family of penguins are still living in the Central Park Zoo today.Įven though this is an account of a true animal story, there are school districts and parents around the country who are protesting this book and having it banned from school libraries due to the nature of the penguin's relationship in the book. They care for and love the egg, just as any other penguin couple, and soon it hatches and Tango joins their family. After observing this behavior, their zookeeper, Rob, takes an extra egg from a male/female penguin couple (a couple who have proven in the past to be unable to care for two eggs at once) and gives it to Roy and Silo. They even "adopt" a rock and sit on it, hoping for a baby.
They watch as the other penguin couples lay eggs and have baby penguins. Like all other chinstrap penguin couples in the Central Park Zoo, Roy and Silo play together, swim together, and even build a nest together. This children's book tells the story of Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins. After hearing about it, I just had to check out the book for myself at Barnes and Noble.
I heard about the book this morning on The View (yes, I do inevitably end up watching four women squabbling on tv when I don't have to work, and controversies like this are the reason I keep going back!). This true story about two penguins who live in the Central Park Zoo has been creating quite a controversy. Henry Cole is an extremely versatile artist who has illustrated numerous picture books, including 'The Sissy Duckling' (2002) by Harvey Fierstein.Įdition MSRP: $16⁹⁹ US / $19⁹⁹ CAN (ISBN 5-1) He was a co-producer of the television show 'The West Wing'. Peter Parnell is a playwright whose most recent play, 'QED', was produced on Broadway. His advice to parents has been featured in the New York Times and on Today, 20/20, and NPR's Morning edition. is the co-author of 'Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask)' (2003). And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo got the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own! But their desire for a family was the same. This illustrated children's book fictionalizes the true story of two male penguins who became partners and raised a penguin chick in the Central Park Zoo.Īt the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But Tango's family is not like any of the others. In the zoo there are all kinds of animal families.
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