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And Tango Makes Three

And Tango Makes Three

by Henry Cole (Illustrator), Justin Richardson (Author), Peter Parnell (Author)

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    Picture Book 2005

    $19.38

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    Paperback 2007

    $8.37
Synopsis

At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.

$19.38

Quantity

6 in stock

More Information

Format: Picture Book
 Pages: 32
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 21 Oct 2005
ISBN 10: 0689878451
ISBN 13: 9780689878459

Media Reviews
A touching and delightful variation on a major theme. --Maurice Sendak
This wonderful story of devotion is heartwarming proof that Mother Nature knows best. --Harvey Fierstein
Charming! And Tango Makes Three proves that all kinds of love can create a family. --Wendy Wasserstein
A little miracle for children. Funny, tender, and true, the story of Tango will delight young readers and open their minds. --John Lithgow
Author Bio
Justin Richardson, MD, is the coauthor, with Peter Parnell, of the award-winning picture book And Tango Makes Three. Dr. Richardson is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia and Cornell and the coauthor of Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask). Dr. Richardson and his advice have been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post, on the Today show and NPR's Morning Edition, and in numerous magazines. Dr. Richardson lectures to parents and teachers on parenting and the sexual development of children. Peter Parnell is the coauthor, with Justin Richardson, of And Tango Makes Three. He is a playwright whose plays have been produced at the Public Theater and Playwrights Horizons in New York City, the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and the Seattle Repertory Company, among others. His play QED was produced on Broadway. He has written extensively for television as a producer for both The West Wing and The Guardian; he has also written episodes of Maurice Sendak's series Little Bear. He lives in New York City. Henry Cole has written and illustrated more than fifty books for children, including Big Bug, And Tango Makes Three, Oink?, and Little Bo in France. A former elementary school teacher, he now writes and paints full time.