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.

Join the National Library and astrophysisist, Nobel laureate and Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University Brian Schmidt as he reads this year's book The Cow Tripped Over The Moon, written by Tony Wilson and illustrated by Laura Wood.