and tango makes three by justin richardson

Gramzay named her Tango, “because it takes two to make a Tango”.Īnd Tango Makes Three is a beloved children’s book that tells the story of two male penguins who raise a baby penguin. A hole appeared in the egg shell, and soon Roy and Silo had their very own baby! This time, something did happen! One day they heard peeping sounds. They took turns sitting on it and keeping it warm. Roy and Silo took good care of their egg. Gramzay, had been watching them, and when he found an egg that needed to be cared for, he put it in their nest. He brought it home, and he and Silo took turns sitting on it, like they saw the other penguin couples do. One day Roy found something that looked like an egg, but was really a rock. But Roy and Silo had no egg to sit on no baby to feed and love. They watched as the other couples took turns sitting on an egg, keeping it warm, until a baby penguinīroke out of the shell. Roy and Silo behaved like a couple, doing the same things that the male and female couples did. They didn’t pay much attention to the female penguins, and the females paid little attention to them.

Roy and Silo live together in the penguin house with all the other penguin families. This 2000 book is a true story that happened in the Central Park zoo in New York City. Ages 4-8.And Tango Makes Three, written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, and illustrated by Henry Cole, is a children’s picture book about two male penguins that hatch and raise a baby penguin.

This tender story can also serve as a gentle jumping-off point for discussions about same-sex partnerships in human society. Richardson and Parnell, making their children's book debut, ease into the theme from the start, mentioning that 'families of all kinds' visit the zoo. because it takes two to make a Tango.' Older readers will most appreciate the humor inherent in her name plus the larger theme of tolerance at work in this touching tale.

When the keeper discovers an egg that needs tending, he gives it to Roy and Silo, who hatch and raise the female. Their expressive eyes capture a range of moods within uncluttered, pastel-hued scenes dominated by pale blue. ) endearing watercolors follow the twosome as they frolic affectionately in several vignettes and then try tirelessly to start a family-first they build a stone nest and then they comically attempt to hatch a rock. thought to himself, 'They must be in love.' ' Cole's ( The Sissy Duckling Two male penguins, Roy and Silo, 'did everything together. Tango has two daddies in this heartwarming tale, inspired by actual events in New York's Central Park Zoo.

And tango makes three by justin richardson