Our specialist children's bookshop The Younger Sun caters for all ages from kids to young adults is just across the road from our main store and Yarraville's Sun Theatre. The Younger Sun Bookshop is open seven days a week from 9:00 - 6:30 pm Monday to Saturday, and 10:00 - 5:00 pm on Sunday.
Saturday Morning Story Time
on the grass at the new Pop Up Parkfrom 9.00am
The excellent Younger Sun ladies will be reading story books in the lovely new pop up park every Aturday morning. Unless it is raining, which unfortunately means a Story Time Wash Out!
All Welcome, All Ages.
People
We loved Blexbolex's last spectacular offering - Seasons - and here is another winner.
A fisherman and a fishmonger, a slave and a goddess, a princess and a werewolf ...Real, mythical and imaginary people come together in this stunning picture book. Each figure is juxtaposed with another on the opposite page. These relationships are often funny and surprising; sometimes the connection is obvious, other times it takes a bit of thinking.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The best-selling and, quite honestly, brilliant book The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick, has been made into a major motion picture by Martin Scorsese. Hugo is released on the 12th of January and you can check The Sun Theatre website for details.
Click here to watch the preview, or look at it on the Younger Sun blog here.
Orphan, clock keeper and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender and spellbinding mystery.
CBCA Winners 2011
Older Readers: Sonya Hartnett's The Midnight Zoo.
Younger Readers: Isobelle Carmody's The Red Wind.
Early Childhood: Jan Ormerod and Freya Blackwood's Maudie and Bear.
Picture Book of the Year: Jeannie Baker's Mirror & Nicki Greenberg's Hamlet.
Eve Pownall award: Ursula Dubosarsky and Tobhy Riddle's The Word Spy 2.
2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards Winners
Young adult:
Graffiti Moon, Cath Crowley
Children's fiction shortlist:
Shake a Leg, Boori Monty Pryor and Jan Ormerod
Events
Teen Bookclub:
There are now TWO Younger Sun bookclubs
The Teen Bookclub will continue as is, with the group reading fantastic, fast-paced stories aimed at girls and boys aged 9 to 13 and featuring books like The Golden Day, the Percy Jackson series and When You Reach Me.
The Teen Bookclub book for February is the excellent Tunnels of Tarcoola by Jennifer Walsh. We'll meet to talk about the book and have some snacks at 2pm Saturday 25th February.
The Young Adult Bookclub is a new offshoot, aimed at slightly older readers who still want to read well-written stories but those that explore themes for older readers aged 14 to 18. Think Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Sarah Dessen, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part time Indian and Generation Dead.
The Young Adult Bookclub book for February is The Fault in Our Stars by the wonderful John Green at 3pm Saturday 25th February. Just meet us in the shop!
