found in those books. one of those, quote, inappropriate books, is and tango makes three, a picture book based on the true story of two male penguins from the central park zoo, roy and silo, who raised a chick together. are you kidding me? joining me is the ceo of pen america. thank you for coming on the show. tell us about the suit and what you re hoping to accomplish with it. sure. thank you for having me. look, this is outrageous. it s part of a pattern that we re seeing all across the country with school districts pulling books off shelves. overwhelming, authors are of color, lgbtq themes. it s meant to marginalized particular stories, prevent kids
you start to talk about a blanket prohibition on acknowledging that people fall in love with other people, and that people have families, you can see why we ve ended up in a place where you know there are upwards of 100 or 200 books being challenged in in school districts across the state. you can see why we re in a place where a book like and tango makes three, which is the animated retelling of a true story from the central park zoo of two male penguins, raising a chick together why that book has been challenged and banned in a number of school districts across the state. you can see why in a free state as ron desantis likes to say it, like florida people are concerned about banning books and censoring history and curriculum, because when you put in a blanket prohibition on topics of sexual orientation and gender identity. what you re really saying is that teachers can no longer or should no longer feel comfortable talking about the realities of our society and our families. so it so