PEZ historian to speak at Derby Public Library

DERBY - The Derby Public Library welcomes Shawn Peterson, author of PEZ: From Austrian Invention to American Icon, at 6:30 p.m. July 24.

Photo from company website

Peterson is the company archivist and historian at PEZ Candy in Orange where he also manages the visitor center.  

Come and learn how receiving Pez dispensers in Easter baskets and Christmas stockings as a kid, led to becoming his life’s work 26 years later.  
PEZ brand is available in over 80 countries, selling more than 65 million dispensers annually and inspiring collectors and fans worldwide.  

Join the world’s first and only official PEZ historian for an inside look at the world’s most cherished interactive candy.  

Copies of the book will be available for purchase.  

Registration is requested.  

For more information, stop by the Library, 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.