National Simultaneous Storytime

Young families are invited to join in the fun of National Simultaneous Storytime – Australia’s biggest storytelling session! The same book will be read across Australia and New Zealand at the same time. How cool is that?!

This year, National Simultaneous Storytime will take place on Wednesday 21, May 2025. We’ll be reading The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel and Danny Snell, a story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found.

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. When Tinka and Yacoub are  unexpectedly separated, they are determined to find their way back to each other – and, in doing so, might find more than they expected …

Join Bendigo, Boort, Castlemaine, Elmore and Woodend libraries for a live reading at 12pm, Wednesday.

And the fun doesn’t stop there – other libraries will be reading The Truck Cat at regular Storytime sessions throughout the week, so there are plenty of chances to catch this special story.