And all the children who came to the zoo could see Tango and her two fathers playing in the penguin house with the other penguins.' ' And Tango Makes Three' by Peter Parnell and Justin RichardsonĬhief offenses: A same-sex relationship between two male penguins.Įxcerpt: 'Tango was the very first penguin in the zoo to have two daddies. If a sperm and egg join together, nine months later, a new baby will be born!' They swim up the woman's vagina, through her uterus, and into one of her fallopian tubes. After a while, a white liquid shoots out of the man's penis and into the woman's vagina. 'My Mom's Having A Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy' by Dori Hillestad ButlerĬhief offenses: Cartoon nudity, discussion of intercourse.Įxcerpt: 'The man puts his penis between the woman's legs and inside her vagina. After all, you are your body and you are not obscene.' Touch yourself, smell yourself, even taste your own secretions. (Jerry Falwell called it 'obscene trash.')Įxcerpt: 'We emphasize that you take a mirror and examine yourself. 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' by Judy NorsigianĬhief offenses: Candid discussions of women's reproductive health and sexuality. In honor of all the people like Harris who have attempted to provide kids with 'honest, up-to-date, scientifically accurate, and age-appropriate information' about sex and have been met with derision and protest, I bring you the top 10 most controversial sex-ed books of our time. In an email, Harris told me, 'I wrote 'It’s Perfectly Normal' as a way to help teens and preteens have honest, up-to-date, scientifically accurate, and age-appropriate information - information they need to help them stay healthy and safe.' 1 most challenged book in 2005, according to the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. Harris, has sparked controversy. It was the No. This isn’t the first time that “It’s Perfectly Normal,” by award-winning author Robie H. Reportedly, more than 400 parents have signed a petition against the book, with the intention of banning it from the middle school library. (A local news segment reported on the uproar and completely blurred out the naked cartoon characters - apparently not even black bars would do.) The book - the title of which performs its own defense, am I right? - also shows adult cartoon characters naked and in bed together. Charles County, Mo., are currently protesting the sex education book “It’s Perfectly Normal.' Why? Because of cartoon nudity.

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