100 Stories Before School

100 Stories Before School Through the early childhood centres, mainly 3 and 4 year old children experience “100 stories “ in the last 2 terms of the year.

100 Stories before school is an Australian early literacy project encouraging families through their early education centre and local library to read 100 stories together in the last 2 terms before starting school. The 100 stories before school project, based in Blacktown ,Sydney, is an exciting new partnership between families, early childhood professionals and librarians. This provides an easy model for families similar to the New South Wales Premiers Reading Challenge, which starts from the kindergarten level at school. These books are available for families to read at home either through the centre or the local library. Families can add even more books to their own list. All families will be provided with a copy of the list and literacy information. As the majority of the books will be available at the library, parents will easily access books there. Library information such as Storytime and baby/toddler rhyme time will be given to families. These stories may be in traditional book format or accessed though the World Wide Web. A range of stories have been chosen including: Aboriginal, alphabet, Australian authors and illustrators, award books e.g. from Children’s Book Council of Australia, fun, homemade, iconic, maths concepts, multicultural, non fiction, rhythmic/rhyming, traditional tales, video (read online) and wordless. Books have been chosen in consultation with Max Webber library and Children First educators and a careful range of experts including Paul MacDonald- Beecroft Children’s Bookshop; Trevor Cairney literacy expert- University of NSW; Judith Ridge Western Sydney Children’s Literature Officer, Westwords Project; booklists from the NSW Premiers Reading Challenge, Children’s Book Council of Australia and Let’s Read. Sue Pearce collated the list, former project coordinator of the Early Words Project. Information will be provided to early childhood educators to add to the richness of the story reading. This may include: activities, Internet sites, author and illustrator information. The local library has been most helpful in planning to loan books to the early childhood centre as they build their own book library over time. The early childhood centre also hopes to take all children to visit the library. A blog and Pinterest site will also allow access to more activities and information about the books.

11/09/2026

School holidays are coming up.If you would like an activity pack for the Gruffalo stories the offical site has one.

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This one looks good as well.
11/09/2026

This one looks good as well.

Well, a new story for my birthday present list.... Gruffalo Granny has arrived! There's a clip of Julia Donaldson readin...
11/09/2026

Well, a new story for my birthday present list.... Gruffalo Granny has arrived! There's a clip of Julia Donaldson reading a snippet below

Gruffalo Granny has arrived - the brand new story from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Interesting article on the wonderful New Zealand Author Joy Cowley, whose books my children loved for their imagination...
29/08/2026

Interesting article on the wonderful New Zealand Author Joy Cowley, whose books my children loved for their imagination and language

The Kiwi author reflects on a lifetime of writing, the experiences that shaped her life and work, and the stories behind her remarkable career.

This ones for older children, thanks to The conversation
29/08/2026

This ones for older children, thanks to The conversation

Parents might default to books they loved when they were younger. But this means families may be missing out on some great stories published more recently.

28/08/2026

This is a fantastic resource site for families.

Worldwide Dolly has made a difference to starting children on a successful literacy journey. Research proves the number ...
25/08/2026

Worldwide Dolly has made a difference to starting children on a successful literacy journey. Research proves the number of books in a home makes a big difference

Vale Dolly Parton.
Dolly was an exceptional human being and her proudest achievement was promoting reading for young readers.
Dolly said, ‘Inspiring kids to love to read became my mission. In the beginning, my hope was simply to inspire the children in my home county but here we are today with a worldwide program that gives a book a month to well over 3 million children.‘
🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️
Paul Macdonald Sculpture Bethany Macdonald Tucker Dolly Parton Imagination Library Australia

Practical article from The Conversation on how to read to babies and toddlers.
24/08/2026

Practical article from The Conversation on how to read to babies and toddlers.

Try funny voices, point out objects you know and don’t worry if your child would rather just sit on the book.

Reading stories strengthens the early brain
07/08/2026

Reading stories strengthens the early brain

Neural Nugget: Between 0–3 years old, a child’s brain forms over 1 million neural connections per second. This time in life is the most pivotal, and also the most vulnerable for brain development. Early experiences shape cognitive development in early childhood.

We’ve made the science of baby brain development accessible for all. The Baby Brain Map is your interactive guide to early brain science. Start exploring now and help lay the foundation for healthy growth: https://bit.ly/4w3j4jg

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