

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: National Simultaneous Storytime - Wallsend Library
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 21 May, 2025 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 21 May, 2025 at 12:45 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for National Simultaneous Storytime as we share the book The Truck Cat - a moving story about friendship, belonging and finding home. Written by award-winning author Deborah Frenkel and brought to life with illustrations by Danny Snell, this story highlights themes of identity, migration and connection. 

This heartwarming event is perfect for children and families, offering a wonderful opportunity to inspire kindness and compassion through storytelling.  

Borrow or reserve a copy of The Truck Cat now at: https://bit.ly/4icfRqk

Ages: 3-8 years

Cost: Free

No bookings required, just drop-in!

If you have any access or inclusion needs, please email library@ncc.nsw.gov.au

About National Simultaneous Storytime

National Simultaneous Storytime 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, pre-schools, bookshops and many other places around the country.

About the Author 

Deborah Frenkel is a writer of books, billboards, and the words on the back of cereal boxes, which to date is probably her most widely read work (and certainly the most crunchy). Her picture books include the award-winning Naturopolis (2022) and The Sydney Harbour Fairy (2023). She's based on Bunurong land, in Melbourne’s Inner West, but spends most of the time squinting at horizons in her imagination. 

About the Illustrator 

As a child Danny Snell was a reluctant reader, so it was pictures rather than words that drew him to the wonder of books. Danny went on to study graphic design and illustration at the University of South Australia and he now works as a picture book illustrator and author. His books have won a number of awards including the CBCA Eve Pownall Award, the Environment Award for Children’s Literature, and the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Award.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newcastle/national-simultaneous-storytime-wallsend-library/200028091357344
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200028091357344?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=newcastle-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Newcastle
- **state**: NS
- **country**: Australia
- **location**: Wallsend Library, 30 Bunn Street, Wallsend, NSW, 2287
- **lat**: -32.90285
- **long**: 151.66568
- **full address**: Wallsend Library, 30 Bunn Street, Wallsend, NSW, 2287, 30 Bunn St, Wallsend NSW 2287, Australia,Newcastle, New South Wales

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- **organizer**: Newcastle Libraries (https://allevents.in/org/newcastle-libraries/13167637)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 21 May, 2025 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wallsend Library, 30 Bunn Street, Wallsend, NSW, 2287, 30 Bunn St, Wallsend NSW 2287, Australia,Newcastle, New South Wales
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Newcastle Libraries
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about National Simultaneous Storytime - Wallsend Library ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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