Storytime Live Streaming 2019 Information
This page contains the information about the books, songs, and craft activities covered in the 11 Storytime Live Streaming events in 2019.
2019 Storytime Live Streaming:
All 2019 song lists and craft activity info can be download here: 2019.7z (zip, 5.5MB)
19 December 2019 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Magic!
Book: EXTRA YARN by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen Text copyright © 2013 Mac Barnett Illustration copyright © 2013 Jon Klassen Reproduced by permission of Walker Books Australia
Book: ROOM ON THE BROOM by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler Text copyright © 2001 Julia Donaldson Illustration copyright © 2001 Axel Sheffler Published by Pan MacMillan. All rights reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 443KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Magic Wand! (PDF, 107KB) and the magic wand template (PDF, 82KB)
21 November 2019 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Words!
Book: The Book with No Pictures Text Copyright © BJ Novak, 2014 First published in USA by Dial Books For Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 656KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Let’s draw words in speech bubbles! (PDF, 849KB) and the speech bubbles template (PDF, 14.5KB)
17 October 2019 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Counting!
Book: Seven More Sleeps Text Copyright © Margaret Wild 2004 Illustrations Copyright © Donna Rawlins 2004. First published 2004 by Working Title Press. All Rights Reserved.
Book: An Australian 1, 2, 3 of Animals Copyright © Bronwyn Bancroft 2007 Published by Little Hare, an imprint of Hardie Grant Egmont All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 362KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Chatterbox! (PDF, 258KB) and the Chatterbox template (PDF, 118KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Let’s make a BIRTHDAY cake! (PDF, 84.5KB) and the number template (PDF, 4.28KB)
19 September 2019 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: The Jungle
Book: Giraffe on a Bicycle Text and Illustrations Copyright © 2016 Julia Woolf. First published 2016 by Macmillan Children’s Books, and imprint of Pan Macmillan. All Rights Reserved.
Book: Walking Through the Jungle © 1993 by Julie Lacome. Text and illustration copyright © Julie Lacome 1993. First published 1993 by Walker Books Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 328KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Monkey Face! (PDF, 116KB)
16 August 2019 Fri 10.30am
Theme: Sailing!
Book: Who Sank the Boat by Pamela Allen. Copyright © Pamela Allen, 1982. Published by Penguin Group 1988. All rights reserved.
Book: A River by Marc Martin, Text/Illustrations copyright © Marc Martin 2015. Viking Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House. All rights reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 89.6KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Make a Boat that Rocks! (PDF, 228KB)
18 July 2019 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: In the water
Book: Splosh for the Billabong © 2015 by Ros Moriarty, illustrated by Balarinji. Text copyright © by Ros Moriarty. Illustrations copyright © by Balarinji. Yanyuwa translation of text copyright © by John Bradley. Published by Allen & Unwin 2015. All rights reserved.
Book: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean! by Kevin Sherry, copyright © 2007 by Kevin Sherry. Used by permission of Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 326KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Make a Fish! (PDF, 96.3KB)
20 June 2019 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Penguins
Book: If You Were a Penguin © 2009 by Wendell and Florence Minor. Text copyright © by Florence Minor. Illustrations copyright © by Wendell Minor. Published by HarperCollins Children’s Books, a division of HarperCollins Publishers 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 298KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Penguins! (PDF, 197KB)
22 May 2019 (National Simultaneous Storytime) Wed 10.50am
Theme: Music
Book: Alpacas with Maracas © 2018 by Matt Cosgrove. Text copyright © by Matt Cosgrove. Illustrations copyright © by Matt Cosgrove. Published by Scholastic Australia in 2018. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 331KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Shakers! (PDF, 54.6KB)
18 April 2019 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: Colours
Book: How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow © 2016 by Monica Sweeney and Feronia Parker Thomas. Copyright © text by Monica Sweeney 2016. Copyright © illustrations Feronia Parker Thomas 2016. Published by Sky Pony Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Book: Colour Me © 2017 by Ezekiel Kwaymullina and Moira Court. Copyright © text by Ezekiel Kwaymullina 2017. Copy © illustrations Moira Court 2017. Published by Freemantle Press. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 308KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – RAINBOWS (PDF, 156KB)
21 March 2019 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: At the Market!
Book: Farmers’ Market Day © 2013 by Shanda Trent and Jane Dippold. Copyright © text by Shanda Trent 2013. Copyright © illustrations Jane Dippold 2013. Published by Tiger Tales, an imprint of ME Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 319KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – What’s on your shopping list? (PDF, 327KB)
21 February 2019 Thurs 10.30am
Theme: At the Beach!
Book: Magic Beach ©1990 by Alison Lester. Copyright © text and illustrations Alison Lester 1990. Published by Allen and Unwin. All Rights Reserved.
Book: The Carrum Sailing Club © 2011 by Claire Saxby and Christina Booth. Text copyright © Claire Saxby 2011. Illustrations copyright © Christina Booth 2011. Published by Windy Hollow Books. All Rights Reserved.
Songs: Download the song list (PDF, 287KB)
Craft activity: Download the craft activity info – Clam Shells (PDF, 214KB)
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