Forbes Library is inviting families to join them to read The Truck Cat as they hold a special National Simultaneous Storytime preview event next Wednesday 21 May.

National Simultaneous Storytime is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association.

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 25th successful year, it is a colourful, vibrant, fun event that aims to promote the value of reading and literacy.

This year it is The Truck Cat, by Deborah Frenkel and Danny Snell, and it will be read at Forbes Library at 10.30am.

The Truck Cat is the perfect book to inspire kindness and compassion in young children everywhere.

Some cats are house cats. Some are apartments cats, But Tinka is a truck cat. Tinka lives everywhere.

Along with his human, Yacoub, Tinka travels roads wide and narrow, near and distant. But no matter how much they travel, home feels very far away – for both of them.

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.

Interested carers and families can book online via Eventbrite.com.au or call Forbes Library on 6852 1463 to book their place.