Get ready to join in on the fun when National Simultaneous Storytime sweeps the country and Stonnington again.
Come along to our libraries and be part of this nationwide storytime event featuring stories, songs and plenty of fun.
Together we'll read The Truck Cat, written by Deborah Frenkel and illustrated by Danny Snell.
Now in its 25th year, this annual event encourages reading together and promotes a love of books.
Come along for stories, songs, special guest readers and lots of fun!
This event is suitable for children aged three years plus (younger siblings are also welcome) and bookings aren't required.
20 May, 10.30am to11am, Malvern Library
21 May, 10.30amto 11am, Grattan Gardens Community Centre and Toorak/South Yarra Library
22 May, 10.30am to 11am, Phoenix Park Library
Background
National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is an annual campaign by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) encouraging young children to enjoy books and reading. This year it's celebrated across the nation on 20 May.
Each year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read around the country in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, bookshops and family homes.
Over the years, National Simultaneous Storytime has grown and grown, and in 2024 attracted more than two million registered participants!
About the book
The Truck Cat is a story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found.
With illustrations by multi-award-winning artist Danny Snell and words by award-winning new voice Deborah Frenkel, The Truck Cat is sure to inspire kindness and compassion in young children everywhere.
Some cats are house cats. Some are apartment cats. But Tinka is a truck cat. Tinka lives everywhere. Along with his human, Yacoub, Tinka travels roads wide and narrow, near and distant. But no matter how much they travel, home feels very far away – for both of them. Yacoub drives his truck to make a living, learning the landscape of a new country along the way, and longing for connection. When Tinka and Yacoub are unexpectedly separated, they're determined to find their way back to each other and in doing so, might find more than they expected…
