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And Tango Makes Three
2009
Returned to the general circulation shelves in sixteen Loudoun (VA) elementary school libraries despite a complaint about its subject matter. Withdrawn from two Bristol (England, UK) primary schools following objections from parents. Challenged, but retained at the Eli Pinney Elementary School (Dublin, OH) despite a parent's concerns that the book "is based on one of those subjects that is best discovered by students in another time or in another place." Challenged, but retained in the Ankeny (IA) elementary school over the objections of parents concerns of promotion of homosexuality. Retained in the Chico (CA) Unified School District over complaints that the book is inappropriate for elementary school students after the school board determined that the book meets library selection standards and district policy. Retained by the Calvert County Library in Prince Frederick (MD) after requests that the book be removed from the Children's section and shelved in a labeled alternative section. Retained in the Meadowview Elementary School in Farmington (MN) despite a parent's concern that "a topic such as sexual preference does not belong in a library where it can be obtained by young elementary students."
2008
Challenged at the Lodi (CA) Public Library by a resident deriding what she called its "homosexual story line that has been sugarcoated with cute penguins." Returned to the general circulation shelves in sixteen Loudoun (VA) elementary school libraries despite a complaint about its subject matter.
2007
Moved from the children's fiction section to children's nonfiction at two Rolling Hill's Consolidated Library branches in Savannah and St. Joseph (MO) after parents complained it had homosexual undertones. Pulled from four elementary school libraries in The Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) after parents and the Mecklenburg Count Commissioner Bill James questioned the controversial but true story. The books were returned after the local paper questioned the ban.
2006
Moved from the children's fiction section to children's nonfiction at two Rolling Hill's Consolidated Library branches in Savannah and St. Joseph (MO) after parents complained it had homosexual undertones.
Held at Cabell County Public Library
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