todd parr is with us. when did you hear your book was being banned?and teachers saying they were trying to have this book banned in the school and the parents had used the book for years with their kids and teachers also. so it was a month ago and then it was probably two weeks ago when i heard that they had said they're going to remove the book. >> what was your reaction to that? >> i was disappointed. you know, this is book number -- written 38 books so far. this book for me was just about how do you do a book for kids and depict every possible kind of family that you can in a picture book and it just teaches about single parents and kids that are different color or divorce even and i just wanted a book that you could help as a springboard to introduce there are different families in the world and that each one of them is special and important. i was disappointed. i wasn't upset. it was their choice to do. you know, again, i just think there is such an issue with kids learn at a very young age about name calling and bullying and as soon as you can h