Penny Peck
Penny Peck has been a children's librarian for 18 years; before that, she was Snow White and Mother Goose at Children's Fairyland in Oakland, ran a nightclub, worked as the wardrobe mistress for the Berkeley Ballet, and was an agent for a standup comedian. Her experience includes performing thousands of storytimes, leading hundreds of book club discussions for students in grades 4-12, conducting hundreds of school tours and assemblies, reviewing children's books and media, and conducting the Performers' Showcase for auditioning library entertainment. She is also an adjunct professor at San Jose State, Infopeople Workshop Trainer, and editor of both CLA's "Briefings" newsletter for the Children's and Young Adult Services Section, and "BayNews," the newsletter for the Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California.
California Summer Reading Program Collaborative
2003 - 2004 - 2005