National Simultaneous Storytime

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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.

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History

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

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

YearTitleAuthorIllustratorPublisherISBN
2001Edward the Emu [2] Sheena Knowles Rod Clement HarperCollins 9780064434997
2002Mrs Wilkinson's ChooksLeone PegueroMike Spoor Random House 9780091829360 [6]
2003I don't want to go to school [7] [8] Christine Harris Craig SmithRandom House9780091838812
2004Muddled-up Farm [9] Mike Dumbleton Jobi MurphyRandom House9780857989789
2005Wombat StewMarcia K Vaughan Pamela Lofts Scholastic Australia9780868962580 [10]
2006Good Night, Me Andrew Daddo Emma Quay Hachette 9780734415851 [11]
2007 The Magic Hat Mem Fox Tricia TusaScholastic Australia9780152057152 [12]
2008ArthurAmanda GrahamDonna GynellEra Publications9780947212124 [11]
2009 Pete the Sheep Jackie French Bruce WhatleyHarperCollins9780207199745 [13]
2010Little White Dogs Can't JumpBruce Whatley and Rosie SmithBruce WhatleyHarperCollins9780207198830 [14]
2011Feathers for PhoebeRod ClementRod ClementHarperCollins9780732289201 [15]
2012 The Very Cranky Bear Nick BlandNick BlandScholastic Australia9781741699920 [16]
2013The Wrong BookNick BlandNick BlandScholastic Australia9781741693416 [17]
2014Too Many Elephants in This House Ursula Dubosarsky Andrew Joyner Penguin Books Australia 9780670075461 [18]
2015The 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]
2017The Cow Tripped Over the MoonTony WilsonLaura Wood Scholastic 9781743623534 [21]
2018Hickory Dickory DashTony WilsonLaura Wood Scholastic 9781743623534 [22]
2019Alpacas with MaracasMatt CosgroveMatt CosgroveScholastic Australia9781743816349 [23]
2020Whitney and Britney Chicken DivasLucinda GiffordLucinda GiffordScholastic Australia9781760666507 [24]
2021Give Me Some Space!Philip BuntingPhilip BuntingScholastic Australia9781338772753 [25]
2022Family TreeJosh PykeRonojoy GhoshScholastic Australia9781761126307 [26]
2023The Speedy SlothRebecca YoungHeath McKenzieScholastic Australia9781760974893 [27]
2024Bowerbird BluesAura ParkerAura ParkerScholastic Australia9781760269609 [28]
2025The Truck CatDeborah FrenkelDanny SnellHardie Grant Children’s Publishing9781761440649 [29]

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