Children Books Exploring differences

One major theme that occurs within children’s literature is the exploration of differences, whether thats looking at gender, race. age or sexuality. A prime example of a book exploring this is ‘And Tango makes three’, it anthropomorphises penguins as a way of relating human emotions to that of animals.

‘And Tango Makes Three’ looks at the subject of sexuality and relationships.

“The book is based on the story of Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins in New York’s Central Park Zoo. Roy and Silo were observed performing behaviors typically seen in penguin couples, such as bowing to one another. Roy and Silo made a nest together, and seemed to be trying to hatch a rock that resembled an egg. When zookeepers realized that these two males had formed a couple, they gave them an egg to hatch. This egg was obtained from a male-female penguin couple, named Betty and Porkey, who had two eggs and could not care for both at once. Roy and Silo took turns sitting on the egg, and eventually it hatched. The female chick was named “Tango” by the zookeepers.”