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And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. Illus. by Henry Cole. 2005. New York: Simon & Schuster. Silo and Roy, two male chinstrap penguins, fall in love and raise baby Tango together.

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After reading the book, answer the following questions:

1. What message is given about families?

2. Does this book speak to you personally?

3. Why are books like these important to offer the children in your care?

21 Comments

Maria

10/24/2016 08:50:20 pm

This book talk about the different families that exist, and we have to be respectful, and the most important is the love int families.
This book speak to me about to respect all kind of families.
This kind of books it's important to kids to learn and could see the every type of family.

Sylvia Sanchez

11/17/2016 03:12:33 pm

This book talks about the different types of families that can be formed. It doesnt have to be a traditional family (mom, dad, and child). Everyone is capable of being a parent and being raised of different kinds of people no matter who they are. It is important to teach kids about this because it opens their mind to the different possibilities and families and life. It also helps them so see everyone as the same. No one is better than anyone else because of the family that they have. Everyone deserves to have a family, no matter who makes up their family.

Katy Chipman

12/9/2016 09:57:19 pm

This show that when two parents no matter men or woman lover there children and are a family. Yes my parents come from very different backgrounds and had 9 kids, we are a big happy family. This book shows children that family's may be different

Jody

12/19/2016 09:44:19 am

What message is given about families?

2. Does this book speak to you personally?

3. Why are books like these important to offer the children in your care?

This book sends a very important message to the reader about families. Families are about love, care, respect, nurturing, compassion and acceptance.

This book speaks to me as I grew up in a family with two households. But we always felt loved and cared for by our parents, no matter which house we were in.

The children in our program need to see a variety of loving family structures, and not just one or two models. As our understanding and vision of family expands, so too will children's acceptance of differences in families and people!

Teresa

12/27/2016 02:43:20 pm

This book gives the message that families are built over time by sharing love, compassion, acceptance, responsibilities, respect, and resources with others we are with, regardless of their gender. It shows that any relationship where each member cares for and supports the other with love and respect is a wonderful and valid foundation to start a family. This book speaks to me personally by addressing the variety of friends and family I have and those families I have encountered over the years in a positive way. It is important to offer books like this to children so they develop the concept that many types of families exist beyond just the structure of their own. It also raises their awareness of some the important and basic values needed to have healthy family relationships.

Teresa Hertz

12/30/2016 07:21:32 pm

The message is that real love makes a healthy family. Real love is about acceptance, respect and nurturing. The book speaks to me personally because our large family has always forgiven and accepted one another. I am always saddened when I hear that this in not the case in some families where an "incident" results in loss of communication and contact. The two penguins longed for what they saw in the other families--an addition to love. I think books that speak of love and acceptance of critical for children.

Bong Goo

12/31/2016 12:05:34 pm

The message I got from the book is that it does not matter if a family is made up of the traditional 'mom and dad', all you need to make a family is love and understanding. Families can be made up of 2 dads, or 2 moms, or 1 dad and mom and children can still be raised with love and kindness. I think it is important for children to read this book so that they can understand that even if their friends have different families from them, there is nothing wrong or odd with that.

Leslie

1/4/2017 02:36:58 pm

The message here is that people working together to care for one another and demonstrate their love can make a family. Family is not limited or defined by biology. I have read this book with children and they almost always ask if the penguin that laid Tango's egg would be sad. Great place to start a conversation.

Tina N.

1/22/2017 08:06:15 am

1. What message is given about families?
Families come in all shapes in sizes, but at the end of the day, as long as there is love and people who care about each other, they're just as special as other families.

2. Does this book speak to you personally?
I've seen this book in the past. It's still as good as ever.

3. Why are books like these important to offer the children in your care?
To show children that there are different types of families out there and each one is special in it's own way. Being exactly the same can be boring, having people who come from different cultures is much more interesting. We can learn a lot from each other.

tahira rehman

6/19/2017 04:20:32 pm

this book highlights wide varity of families around us with learning acceplablity and olareace and love for eachother without gender differecece or sexual orientations

Adam

8/10/2017 02:28:23 pm

What message is given about families?
This book has the wonderful message that there are many types of families. That no matter the composition of a family love and caring is what the child needs.

Does this book speak to you personally?
Yes, it is a wonderful kids book with a valuable message.

Why are books like these important to offer the children in your care?
Books like these are important in child care because they can help expose kids to the idea that their area a variety of families and parents while leaving them with a positive impression.

Jolene

11/21/2017 09:16:33 pm

1. The message is that the definition of family is fluid, changing, and those changes should be honored, learned about, and celebrated.

2. Kind of, my family is very, very different from a lot of the people I grew up with. However it is MY family, warts, lumps, bumps and all.

3. I think these kinds of books are so important to ECE programs! It's like that line in the book, "It takes two to tango." It teaches children that families are all different, and should be respected, celebrated, and learned from/about.

Aleksandra

12/5/2017 10:07:52 pm

The message about families is that all it takes is love!
I thought this book was very cute. Who doesn't love baby penguins? These kinds of books are so important because they can let kids know that their different family types are celebrated. Representation is key. Everyone wants to see a main character they can relate to.

Meagan

12/19/2017 11:51:07 am

This book sends a message about family diversity and inclusiveness.

This book speaks to be because I know that families come in all shapes and sizes, and I am a strong advocate for same-sex couples adopting children.

I think this is a great book for kids because in serves as a conversation starter to talk about same-sex parents, as well as family diversity in general.

erica corwin

12/26/2017 01:19:44 pm

This book does a lovely job of showing young children that families can look very different, yet one thing is present that needs to present in all families-love, respect and compassion. My father was a single dad who raised my sister and I on his own for many years, so I personally know what it's like to grow up in a non-traditional home. Books like these are wonderful, as so many of the students in our classrooms are coming from very diverse homes!

Cari

12/27/2017 02:36:17 pm

1. What message is given about families? Family come in all shapes and sizes. The most important thing is to base the from love.
2. Does this book speak to you personally? I came from a more traditional family. However I work with families from every walks of life.

3. Why are books like these important to offer the children in your care? Because children need to forget about prejudices of the past and build a more united future.

Brianna Bato Draper

12/27/2017 03:51:58 pm

The message this book gives is that families may look different but all families love each other.

Showing the struggle of two penguins trying to have their own family really spoke to me. Tango Makes Three is an amazing way to show that love is love.

A book like this is important to introduce children to family cultures they may not otherwise be aware of.

Sarah Day

2/25/2018 01:09:59 pm

I feel the message given about families in this is book is that love is what truly makes a family.
This book speaks to me personally as I was raised in a very traditional family and community; other types of families were generally not respected. This book would definitely would not have b been included in curriculum or even available at the library. I am very happy that we have progressed as a society and that books like these are deemed appropriate for children.
Books like these are important for the children in my care because they show that love and respect make a family, not prescribed gender rolls.

Fee Ying Clark

2/26/2018 02:15:20 pm

this book shows that each family is different and that we should accept all families
this book is very personal to me as I am in a same sex marriage and my wife and I adopted a little boy 3 years ago

Hector Matus

7/29/2018 10:41:04 pm

This book is about families and it takes to become one. It can be made of two dads, but still a loving family, that takes care of the children. I believe speaks to everone, not only me, in the current sociaty, since we see the prototype family is no longer a mother and a father and children

Linda Lafky

2/20/2019 03:50:06 pm

This story is a delightful way to share what a non-traditional family can look like with children. To some children, this will be a new way to see families, and to other children it can be a recognition of a family in which they live, or perhaps know. This is such a sweet and gentle story, which is able to portray one kind of diversity we find in our world, and it is done with a positive approach.

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