What is Story Box Library?

Story Box Library is a subscription based educational website, created for children to view stories by local authors and illustrators, being read aloud by fantastic, predominantly Australian and New Zealand, storytellers.

News and media


The Conversation, April 2021

How The Conversation’s journalism made a difference in March


ABC Radio, July 2020

Babytalk: Story Box Library 


Foreground, July 2020

Self-isolation survival pack: For kids


Herald Sun, April 2020

Famous faces read for free during lockdown


News.com.au, April 2020

Coronavirus: Australian businesses booming because of COVID-19


ABC Radio Brisbane, March 2020

Online resources parents need to make it easier to homeschool during the coronavirus crisis


The Sector, Early Education news & reviews, May 2019

An amazing array of alpaca appreciation for ALIA storytime event


The Australian, June 2018


The Northern Daily, Tamworth New South Wales, July 2017

Books tick all the Story Boxes in Tamworth


Channel Nine News, Good Friday, 2014

Filming of John Schumann's I Was Only Nineteen at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia's Shrine of Remembrance


The Age, February 2014

How to win over the funding crowd

Our successful crowd funding campaign on the Pozible platform lead to a story in The Age & syndicated press.


Blog features 


Schools Information and Catalogue Service, Publisher Spotlight, March 2021

Improving education through linked technology


Schools Information and Catalogue Service, Connections, Issue 114, 2020

Language, literature and literacy during COVID-19 and beyond


Better Reading, October 2015

Reading aloud with Missy Higgins, Brian Nankervis and Nick Cave: We Talk to the Founder of Story Box Library


Kids' Book Review, July 2013

Guest Post: Story Box Library 


School Library Association of Victoria, November 2013

Story Box Library


Story Box Library also features in the following blogs:

My Little Bookcase

Thirteen Red Shoes

Children's Books Daily

An Everyday Story