story time: coral vass
thursday 9 april || 10:30am
Join us for a magical Story Time at Farrells Bookshop! Bring the little ones along for a delightful in-store reading session filled with imagination, laughter, and wonderful stories. This free event is perfect for young book lovers and their grown-ups, no bookings required, just drop in and enjoy. We can’t wait to see you there for some storybook fun!
FREE EVENT | WALK INS WELCOMED
Skipping to Sammy’s Beat
Available April 9 2026
Sammy loves to splash in puddles, dangle from trees, look for ladybirds and skip and dance down the path to her very own beat.
TAP, DA-DUM, TAP, TAP, DA-DUM!
But when Sammy turns five, she feels silly wearing her tutu and gumboots and so she stops dancing altogether.
Eventually, Sammy can’t hear her beat any more – the very beat that makes her special. How does Sammy find her beat again?
about the author
Coral Vass is an award-winning Australian Children’s Author. She has over 30 books published. Her book, Sorry Day won the 2018 Speech Pathology Awards Book of the Year for Language and Literacy Development Indigenous Children and the 2019 CBCA Book of the Year – Eve Pownall Award. Coral loves to visit schools, often running writing workshops and inspiring young people with a love for literature. She is an ambassador for Reading Out of Poverty and is passionate about giving all children an equal opportunity to read.
Born in Sydney Australia, Coral spent her early years in Bangladesh. She has also lived in Queensland, Japan and currently resides by the beach in Melbourne, Victoria with her husband and four children.