[Publib] "And Tango Makes Three" tops ALA's 2006 list of most challenged books

[Don Wood]

"And Tango Makes Three" tops ALA's 2006 list of most challenged books
http://blogs.ala.org/oif.php?title=top10list&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 

Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell's award-winning "And Tango Makes Three," about two male penguins parenting an egg from a mixed-sex penguin couple, tops the list of most challenged books in 2006, due to the issues of homosexuality.

The list also features two books by author Toni Morrison. "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved" are on the list due to sexual content and offensive language.

The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) received a total of 546 challenges last year. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. Public libraries, schools and school libraries report the majority of challenges to OIF.