Justin Richardson

About The Author

Justin Richardson, MD, is the coauthor, with Peter Parnell, of the award-winning picture book And Tango Makes Three. Dr. Richardson is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia and Cornell and the coauthor of Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask). Dr. Richardson and his advice have been featured in The New York Times and The Washington Post, on the Today show and NPR’s Morning Edition, and in numerous magazines. Dr. Richardson lectures to parents and teachers on parenting and the sexual development of children.

Books by Justin Richardson

And Tango Makes Three (School and Library Edition)
By Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Afterword by Eliot Schrefer / Illustrated by Henry Cole
ASPCA Henry Bergh Book Award Winner | Lambda Literary Award Finalist | ALA Notable Children’s Book Nominee

The bestselling, heartwarming true story of two male penguins who create a nontraditional family that “is a must for any library” (School Library Journal, starred re...
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Christian, the Hugging Lion
By Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Illustrated by Amy June Bates
When John and Ace found a lion cub for sale at Harrods, they knew that a department store was no place for a lion. They took him home, named him Christian, raised him and loved him--and in the process, Christian became a London celebrity. But when Christian got too big for their apartment, Ace an...
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