And Tango Makes Three (Classic Board Books)

Beautiful story! Buy this book for all my friends kids!

This book was recommended as part of a list of diverse books for children which is how I came to purchase it. It has a lovely story which I hadn’t realised was based on a true story about a pair of penguins in New York. Given it’s a board book, I was expecting a lot less words. My nine month old got quite impatient half way through due to the length of the story and improvisation to the written text was required! This was my bad as I didn’t research the target age. Overall well illustrated story book which I’ll revisit when the little one is a bit older.

very cute book

True story, well written that melt the heart and open space to reflect regarding the concept of biological family. I highly recommend it.

This is such a special, special book, telling the story of love and family diversity brilliantly and with sensitivity. There us no shoe-horning in of ‘author's message’. No preaching and no finger-wagging. Just a beautiful story for children to enjoy. Great for PSHE lessons in primary years.

My 3 year old daughter loves this book so much it is one of the few books of many that she recites from memory.

I really like this. I believe it could be written in a way that would have been more engaging, however; it is a little long-winded for its target audience and I've had children under five get bored before the end when I've read it (I am a former children's librarian). But the story is adorable and it has become a classic of early years literature, standing out for being a true story and having a very accessible LGBT theme, which is introduced in a very natural way. I have had a couple of conversations with children about gay parents when reading this book when they have had trouble understanding the concept, but often it is just accepted by children that the penguins are both male. It is fairly popular with children (though more so with liberal adults) and the illustrations are beautiful. I believe the company Educate and Celebrate have a lesson plan based on this book, so if you are a teacher reading this review, search for that online.

Three year old adores this book and now spends large parts of the day building a nest and sitting on her penguin egg. This is a far messier task than you might imagine, but, as penguins need to be quiet to get their eggs to hatch, it's a welcome relief from the aural-assault I've had to endure since she learned to talk 18 months ago 😁 The story is sweet, as are the drawings, and the book has a great message. It's given us a great conversation starter to talk about how families are all different shapes and sizes 👍