The Truck Cat
Deborah Frenkel, Danny Snell (illus.)
The Truck Cat
Deborah Frenkel, Danny Snell (illus.)
With illustrations by multi-award-winning artist Danny Snell and words by acclaimed new writer Deborah Frenkel, The Truck Cat is the perfect book to inspire kindness and compassion in young children everywhere.
Some cats are house cats. Some are apartment 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 …
About National Simultaneous Storytime:
Now in its 25th year, National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS) has grown and grown, and in 2024 attracted over TWO MILLION registered participants!
NSS is held annually by the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) with the aims of encouraging young children to read and enjoy books as well as teach them the value of literacy.
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. ALIA and Hardie Grant Children's Publishing are thrilled to announce that The Truck Cat by Deborah Frenkel and Danny Snell is the NSS title for 2025.
Get ready to join in on the fun when NSS sweeps the country yet again on Wednesday 21 May 2025.
Head to www.alia.org.au/nss for more information.
Review
Kate McIntosh
The first time I read this picture book, I read it out loud to my cat. She has never been in a truck, and she slept through the whole thing, but I could tell she appreciated the wonderful cadence of Deborah Frenkel’s words. Tinka the truck cat lives all over Australia, ‘in depots dancing with dragonflies’, as he travels in the cabin of an enormous truck that belongs to his owner, Yacoub.
The second time I read this picture book, I read it out loud to my mum. She has also never been in a truck, but she did not sleep though the story. Like Yacoub, my mother’s family came from another country, and the concept of home was a complicated one. When Tinka accidently leads Yacoub to a new family, our hearts were full. Who knew so much love could be encapsulated in only 30 pages?!
A picture book for all ages, and for everyone, human or feline.
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