george and joan as penguins

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Jaime Ball, formerly of the Arizona State Library and now at the Round Valley (AZ) Public Library, for challenging us to tackle these issues together.

And a special shout out to the Penguinistas of the Pierce County (WA) Library System, who inspired us to work our you-know-whats off on this stuff by making it so much fun.

Penguinista - noun.

  1. Library worker and aficionado of any of various stout flightless aquatic birds (family Spheniscidae) of the southern hemisphere.
  2. Adoptive parent of a penguin rescued by SANCCOB, a non-profit sea bird rehabilitation center based in Cape Town, South Africa.