National Simultaneous Storytime 2025: The Truck Cat
Wednesday 21 May 2025 at 11:00AM
Melton Library & Learning Hub
Event Description
This year’s National Simultaneous Storytime book is 'The Truck Cat' written by Deborah Frenkel and illustrated by Dann Snell. It's a story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found. Tinka the cat travels the roads along with his truck-driving human, Yacoub. When Tinka and Yacoub are unexpectedly separated, they are determined to find their way back to each other and, in doing so, find more than they expected.
National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is an annual event by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read in libraries, schools, childcare centres, bookshops and many other places all around the country, all at the same time!
When
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Wednesday 21 May 2025
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Where
Melton Library & Learning Hub
31 McKenzie Street
Melton VIC
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Event Partner
The Australian Library and Information Association and Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing proudly present the National Simultaneous Storytime picture book for 2025. Learn more at https://www.alia.org.au/nss
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There's no need to book your place for this event. Just meet us at Melton Library & Learning Hub.
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