You may have heard Rob Witzel call some games on our airwaves; but as many of you know he’s also an author. And his 2022 children’s book Super Penguin found so many fans that he’s written Super Penguin 2. And as Witzel told Laura Williams on 1490 WDAN’s Community Connection, it picks up shortly after the first book ends. You’ll see some old faces, and also meet some new people.
AUDIO: Some brand new characters that I mixed in; Super Penguin kinds of leaves his city for a while, and gets to meet a whole different group. Also, some stuff happen back home that Annie’s kind of in charge of. And so they both mingle with some new people, but there’s also a lot of old faces as well.
As for how Witzel’s idea of the penguin super hero in an animal world came about, he looks back to about 2005, when he was in high school. And years later, it went so well, and now he’s written a second book.
AUDIO: It was just kind of an idea that stuck with me for a long time. Eventually, through some pressure from my wife and encouragement from her and friends and family and my Mom and Dad; eventually I put together a book, and it was well received enough that I was encouraged to write a sequel to it.
Witzel will be participating in a book signing event Tuesday evening May 28th from 5 PM to 7 PM, at Boxcar Books and Vinyl, 201 East Main in Hoopeston. You can order the book at superpenguinbook.com.http://superpenguinbook.com
To hear all of Laura Williams’ interview with Rob Witzel, please go to https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/the-community-connection/
