Gay penguin book for kids tops ALA's 2007 list of most challenged books - again

CHICAGO – For a second consecutive year, Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell’s award-winning " And Tango Makes Three," a children’s book about two male penguins caring for an orphaned egg, tops the list of American Library Association’s (ALA) 10 Most Challenged Books of 2007.

Three books are new to the list “Olive’s Ocean,” by Kevin Henkes; “The Golden Compass,” by Philip Pullman; and “TTYL,” by Lauren Myracle.

“Free access to information is a core American value that should be protected,” said Judith F. Krug, director of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom. “Not every book is right for each reader, but an individual’s interpretation of a book should not take away my right to select reading materials for my family or myself."

For more than 15 years, the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has received reports on book challenges. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. In 2007 the OIF received 420 reports on efforts to abolish materials from school curriculum and library bookshelves.

Public libraries, schools and school libraries report challenges to OIF, but a majority of challenges go unreported.

The "10 Most Challenged Books of 2007" reflect a range of themes, go here to see all of the following titles.

[Tjet]

Well, who's really surprised? I think it's adorable, and now really want to read it!

[fuzi]

The book is very cute and there is absolutely NO SEX described anywhere in it. The storyline was derived from ACTUAL PENGUINS who live in a zoo and their REAL LIFE ACTIONS.

Leave it to religious idiots to protest real life, after all, their whole belief system is imaginary.

[Robin Hood]

We should start telling the religious doo-whackys that one out of every 10 chicken eggs is gay.

[queerunity]

i cant believe the religious nuts, they need a life

http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com

[Dasein9]

I got it for my nephew on his fifth birthday.