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Penguins and Prejudice

A feathery parable of America’s divisions in the 21st century

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This is the story of one of the most challenged books in America, the children’s book ‘And Tango Makes Three’. A tale of parenting and devotion, and a fable of progress and the backlash it can provoke.  Read about the long march of the penguins in our Christmas issue.

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