National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is an annual event held by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA). This campaign aims to encourage children to read and enjoy books as well as teach them the value of literacy. It's also a great opportunity to share a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, which is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, preschools, family day cares, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country.
Some cats are house cats. Some are apartment cats. Some cats live on farms. Some live in the city. But Tinka is a truck cat.
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 acclaimed new writer Deborah Frenkel, The Truck Cat is the perfect book to inspire kindness and compassion in young children everywhere.
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 are determined to find their way back to each other - and, in doing so, might find more than they expected...
Registration for NSS is free and open to everyone. Register at ALIA.ORG.AU/NSS. Join us by hosting your own NSS, as together we read The Truck Cat at 12pm Wednesday 21 May 2024.
Holmesglen Library has a storybook collection to support Early Childhood and related disciplines.
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