Join the Discovery Space Team as we celebrate National Simultaneous Storytime (Wed 22 May) – celebrate our love of listening and storytelling as we share award winning author/illustrator Aura Parker’s book, ‘Bowerbird Blues’. Brimming with details to explore, Aura Parker’s storytelling through words and pictures, inspires the imagination and shares her love, curiosity and passion for nature.

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, pre-schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the country.

Now in its 24th successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy, using an Australian children’s book that explores age-appropriate themes, and addresses key learning areas of the National Curriculum.