Storytime Live Streaming 2017 Information

This page contains the information about the books, songs, and craft activities covered in the 6 Storytime Live Streaming events in 2017.

2017 Storytime Live Streaming:

All 2017 songlists and craft activity info can be download here: 2017.7z (zip, 1.82MB)

21 December 2017 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Cakes
Book: Can We Lick the Spoon Now © 2010 by Carol Goess and Tamsin Ainslie. Text copyright © Carol Goess 2010. Illustrations copyright © Tamsin Ainslie. First published by Working Title Press 2010. Reproduced by permission of Working Title Press. All Rights Reserved.
Book: I’m a Hungry Dinosaur © 2015 by Janeen Brian and Ann James. Text copyright © Janeen Brian 2015. Illustrations copyright © Ann James 2015. First published by Penguin Group (Australia), part of the Penguin Random House Group, 2015. Reproduced by permission of Penguin Group (Australia). All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 336KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info (PDF, 156KB)

16 November 2017 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Crocodiles
Book: Solomon Crocodile © 2011 by Catherine Rayner. First published by Macmillan Children’s Books a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011. Reproduced by permission of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Book: Snap! Went Chester © 2003 by Tania Cox and David Miller. First published by Lothian Children’s Books, an imprint of Hachette Australia, 2003. Reproduced by permission of Hachette Australia. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 364KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info (PDF, 147KB)

19 October 2017 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Creepy Crawlies
Book: Wombat Stew © 1984 by Marcia K Vaughan and Pamela Lofts. Illustration © 1984 by Pamela Lofts. First published by Scholastic Australia Pty Limited, 1984. Reproduced by permission of Scholastic Australia Pty Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 349KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info (PDF, 170KB)

21 September 2017 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: The Jungle
Book: Where the Wild Things Are © 1963 by Maurice Sendak. Text and illustration copyright © Maurice Sendak 1963. First published by The Bodley Head, an imprint of Random House Children’s Publishers UK. Reproduced by permission of Penguin Group Pty Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 357KB)

17 August 2017 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Polar Bears
Book: The Very Hungry Bear © 2012 by Nick Bland. Text and illustration copyright © Nick Bland, 2012. First published by Scholastic Press, a division of Scholastic Australia Pty Limited, 2012. Reproduced by permission of Scholastic Australia Pty Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Book: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? © 1991 by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle. Text copyright © Estate of Bill Martin Jr, 2004. Illustrations copyright © Eric Carle, 1991. Reproduced by permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 194KB)

20 July 2017 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Whales
Book: Blue Whale Blues – Peter Carnavas (New Frontier Publishing)
Book: If You Want to See a Whale – Julie Fogliano (Pan Macmillan)
BLUE WHALE BLUES © 2015 text and illustrations by Peter Carnavas. First published in Australia by New Frontier Publishing Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE A WHALE © 2013 by Julie Fogliano. Illustrations © 2013 by Erin Stead. Reprinted by permission of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Holdings Limited Partnership. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 38.5KB)


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