Bob Penny Reading
Homewood Public Library 1721 Oxmoor Road, Homewood, Alabama 35209
Penny is famous for his roles in movies such as Forrest Gump, Sweet Home Alabama and Mississippi Burning. He will be reading Dylan Thomas’ children’s Christmas story, A Child’s Christmas in Wales.
Penny is a professor of English literature who taught at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has played roles in more than 20 films as well as many television shows and more than a dozen theater productions.