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National Simultaneous Storytime

National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual event held since 2000 by the Australian Library and Information Association. Every year a picture book, by an Australian children's author and illustrator is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes and bookshops around Australia, as part of Australia's Library and Information Week. In 2018 over 1,062,230 participants at over 8,255 locations across Australia took part in National Simultaneous Storytime.

History

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The idea for a national simultaneous event followed a successful Statewide Storytime programme in Victoria in 2000.[1] From 2002 – 2007 NSS took place during National Literacy and Numeracy Week in September. In 2008 it returned to being celebrated on the Wednesday of Australia's Library and Information Week at the end of May.[2] In 2015 over 500,000 children at over 3,100 locations across Australia took part in National Simultaneous Storytime.[3] In 2021 the NSS featured book Give Me Some Space! was read live to 1.98 million children across Australia and New Zealand, from the International Space Station by Shannon Walker, a NASA astronaut.[4][5]

Titles

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This table lists the titles, authors and publishers of the selected picture book for each year of National Simultaneous Storytime.

Year Title Author Illustrator Publisher ISBN
2001 Edward the Emu[2] Sheena Knowles Rod Clement HarperCollins 9780064434997
2002 Mrs Wilkinson's Chooks Leone Peguero Mike Spoor Random House 9780091829360[6]
2003 I don't want to go to school[7][8] Christine Harris Craig Smith Random House 9780091838812
2004 Muddled-up Farm[9] Mike Dumbleton Jobi Murphy Random House 9780857989789
2005 Wombat Stew Marcia K Vaughan Pamela Lofts Scholastic Australia 9780868962580[10]
2006 Good Night, Me Andrew Daddo Emma Quay Hachette 9780734415851[11]
2007 The Magic Hat Mem Fox Tricia Tusa Scholastic Australia 9780152057152[12]
2008 Arthur Amanda Graham Donna Gynell Era Publications 9780947212124[11]
2009 Pete the Sheep Jackie French Bruce Whatley HarperCollins 9780207199745[13]
2010 Little White Dogs Can't Jump Bruce Whatley and Rosie Smith Bruce Whatley HarperCollins 9780207198830[14]
2011 Feathers for Phoebe Rod Clement Rod Clement HarperCollins 9780732289201[15]
2012 The Very Cranky Bear Nick Bland Nick Bland Scholastic Australia 9781741699920[16]
2013 The Wrong Book Nick Bland Nick Bland Scholastic Australia 9781741693416[17]
2014 Too Many Elephants in This House Ursula Dubosarsky Andrew Joyner Penguin Books Australia 9780670075461[18]
2015 The Brothers Quibble Aaron Blabey Aaron Blabey Penguin Books Australia 9780670076000[19]
2016 I Got This Hat Kate and Jol Temple Jon Foye ABC Books 9780733332302[20]
2017 The Cow Tripped Over the Moon Tony Wilson Laura Wood Scholastic 9781743623534[21]
2018 Hickory Dickory Dash Tony Wilson Laura Wood Scholastic 9781743623534[22]
2019 Alpacas with Maracas Matt Cosgrove Matt Cosgrove Scholastic Australia 9781743816349[23]
2020 Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas Lucinda Gifford Lucinda Gifford Scholastic Australia 9781760666507[24]
2021 Give Me Some Space! Philip Bunting Philip Bunting Scholastic Australia 9781338772753[25]
2022 Family Tree Josh Pyke Ronojoy Ghosh Scholastic Australia 9781761126307[26]
2023 The Speedy Sloth Rebecca Young Heath McKenzie Scholastic Australia 9781760974893[27]
2024 Bowerbird Blues Aura Parker Aura Parker Scholastic Australia 9781760269609[28]
2025 The Truck Cat Deborah Frenkel Danny Snell Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing 9781761440649[29]

References

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  1. ^ "National simultaneous storytime [2001] inCite 19; 22(1–2)". www.austlii.edu.au. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "National Simultaneous Storytime | 50 years 50 stories". ourstorycoffslibrary.info. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  3. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime Wrap Up 2015". National Simultaneous Storytime. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime live from International Space Station". Mirage News. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Give me some space! | Philip Bunting | Author and Illustrator Philip Bunting". Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  6. ^ Spooner, Graham (December 2002). "National simultaneous storytime". Health.aust. 3 (4): 9.
  7. ^ "I don't want to go to school but I wouldn't miss storytime for the world" (PDF). Austlii. 2003.
  8. ^ "Awards". Christine Harris. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  9. ^ "Awards | Mike Dumbleton". mikedumbleton.com.au. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  10. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime 2005". archive.alia.org.au. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
  11. ^ a b "National Simultaneous Storytime". Incite. 27 (8): 18–19. 2006.
  12. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime 2007". Incite (8) (28 ed.). 2007.
  13. ^ "Pete the Sheep appears at Simultaneous Storytime – News – The Book Club – ABC TV". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  14. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime 2010: Little White Dogs Can't Jump". Access. 24 (1): 9. 2010. ISSN 1030-0155.
  15. ^ "Library News". Bookseller + Publisher Magazine. 90 (7): 12. April 2011.
  16. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime | The Little Big Book Club". www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  17. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime 22 May 2013". Connections. Education Services Australia. 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  18. ^ Armstrong, Laura (2014). "Once upon a storytime". Connections. Education Services Australia. p. 1. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  19. ^ "Children's Book Review, The Brothers Quibble". The Book Chook. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  20. ^ ""I Got This Hat" – National Simultaneous Storytime 2016 | Library". blogs.qut.edu.au. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  21. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime 2017 | Australian Library and Information Association". www.alia.org.au.
  22. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime 2018 | Australian Library and Information Association". www.alia.org.au.
  23. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime 2019 | Australian Library and Information Association". www.alia.org.au. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  24. ^ "Public Libraries Connect". plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  25. ^ "ALIA National Simultaneous Storytime - 2021". alia.org.au. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  26. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime 2022". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  27. ^ "Event Display". alia.org.au. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  28. ^ "National Simultaneous Storytime 2024". alia.org.au. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  29. ^ "The cat's out of the bag: announcing the National Simultaneous Storytime Book for 2025". alia.org.au. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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