According to "the
internet" this is 2014's 3rd most complained about book in US
Libraries – which I naturally took as a higher recommendation that
any amount of Booker Prizes etc...
It is a sweet
little, true, story of two gay Penguins in a New York Zoo, who
successfully hatch a spare egg they are given look after by the
keepers.
Penguins are
naturally cute and therefore I don't think the illustrator Henry Cole
had to work too hard to provide an endearing set of images.
The story is told
simply, I don't think it labours a “gay agenda”, but clearly
sharing this story acts to normalise same-sex relationships – and
if normalising such relationships makes you uncomfortable you are
probably going to find yourself complaining to the library
authorities.
Section 28 may feel
like a distance memory, but I suspect many a school would still not
stock this book, as dealing with complaints would not be “worth”
the aggravation and risk of headlines in the local paper.
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