Some people have wayyyyyyy to0 much time on their hands.SHILOH, Ill. Nov 17, 2006 (AP)— A picture book about two male penguins raising a baby penguin is getting a chilly reception among some parents who worry about the book's availability to children and the reluctance of school administrators to restrict access to it.
The concerns are the latest involving "And Tango Makes Three," the illustrated children's book based on a true story of two male penguins in New York City's Central Park Zoo that adopted a fertilized egg and raised the chick as their own.
Complaining about the book's homosexual undertones, some parents of Shiloh Elementary School students believe the book available to be checked out of the school's library in this 11,000-resident town 20 miles east of St. Louis tackles topics their children aren't ready to handle.
Their request: Move the book to the library's regular shelves and restrict it to a section for mature issues, perhaps even requiring parental permission before a child can check it out.
For now, "And Tango Makes Three" will stay put, said school district Superintendent Jennifer Filyaw, though a panel she appointed suggested the book be moved and require parental permission to be checked out. The district's attorney said moving it might be construed as censorship.
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