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 Friday, 9:00 - 5:00 pm Friday and 10:00 - 5:00 pm on Sunday.
There Was An Old Sailor
In the style of that crazy old lady who swallowed flies and horses, here is There Was An Old Sailor the latest book from local author Claire Saxby, delightfully illustrated by Cassandra Allen. This Popeye-esque old sailor (complete with tatts and giant beard) decides one day to swallow a krill, followed by fish and seals and all manner of sea creatures.
'I don't know why he swallowed the krill
It'll make him ill.'
Please join us to celebrate the launch of There Was An Old Sailor at The Sun Bookshop on Saturday 27th February at 2pm. This is a free event, but please let us know if you're coming here.
News
THE CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA
BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2009
Older Readers: Tales from Outer Suburbia, Shaun Tan
Younger Readers: Perry Angel's Suitcase, Glenda Millard (illus. by Stephen Michael King)
Early Childhood: How to Heal a Broken Wing, Bob Graham
Picture Book (may be for mature readers): Collecting Colour, Kylie Dunstan
Eve Pownall Award for Non-Fiction: Alive in the Death Zone, Lincoln Hall
Events
Saturday 20th February at 2.00pm Come along to the Younger Sun's Teen Bookclub. This month we are reading Dear Swoosie by Kate Constable and Penni Russon. This month it is particularly exciting, as both authors will be in attendance. There will also be lively discussion, a lot of laughing and tzaziki and crackers. Come one, come all!
Come and celebrate the launch of local author Claire Saxby's latest book for children. There Was An Old Sailor is a funny, informative and beautifully illustrated story for kids from 2 to 7. Join us in the Sun Bookshop on Saturday 27th February at 2pm. All are welcome and, as usual, this is a free event. But please, could you RSVP here.
On Saturday 6th March we will be launching Aimee Said's latest Young Adult novel Finding Freia Lockhart at The Sun Bookshop at 2pm. Book here.
