Hundreds of thousands of children read together, the same book, at the same time on Wednesday, May 24.
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National Simultaneous Storytime was held at 11am in more than 4500 locations, including Nowra Library.
This annual event aims to encourage more young Australians to read and enjoy books during Library and Information Week from May 22 to May 28.
This year the book featured was The Cow Tripped Over the Moon by Tony Wilson, illustrated by Laura Wood and published by Scholastic Australia.
It's a tale of friendship and 'when at first you don't succeed, try, try again'.
The story is inspired by author Tony Wilson's son, Jack, who has cerebral palsy.
Everything that Jack tries to do requires great perseverance and despite sometimes feeling grumpy about setbacks, he will always have another go.