NATIONAL SIMULTANEOUS STORYTIME IS COMING
Join the fun at the Macquarie Regional Library Dubbo and Wellington branches for the National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) on Wednesday 21 May 2025 at 12pm.
The Dubbo Library event will feature a guest reader from the Dubbo Animal Shelter, whilst the Wellington Library event will feature a guest reader from Wellington Vet Hospital, Veterinarian Dr Clancy Wright, who will read The Truck Cat, this year's National Simultaneous Storytime book.
National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA).
Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by an Australian author and illustrator, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, preschools, bookshops and many other places around the country.
Suzie Samson, Macquarie Regional Library, Dubbo Libraries Coordinator, said the National Simultaneous Storytime is a free story time session held at 12pm, but we encourage families to arrive at 11.45am ready for the story time to commence at 12pm.
“The Truck Cat is a fabulous book that follows truck cat Tinka and his human, Yacoub, travelling roads wide and narrow, near and distant. But no matter how much they travel, home feels very far away - for both.”
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.
The National Simultaneous Storytime is now in its 25th successful year and aims to promote the value of reading and literacy.
For more information visit www.mrl.nsw.gov.au.
Last Edited: 13 May 2025