Reading for pleasure

Encouraging boys to read from an early age is essential and the long term benefits for their learning are numerous. Getting boys interested in reading though can be a struggle; more often than not their love for reading can wane in the teenage years. At St Mary's we are committed to fostering a love of reading for pleasure and helping students find what interests them.

Sydney has an abundance of quality bookstores and often the best strategy is to let the boys explore for themselves and find something that they find interesting. Below are a few links to some of Sydney's most well known and loved bookstores (with a variety of suggested books for children and young adults). Furthermore, just below the bookstores are a number of quality contemporary Young Adult fiction novels.

If you continue to scroll down you will also find a series of flowcharts and infographics that suggest a variety of books within varying interest groups.

Kinouniya

Level 2, The Galleries

500 George Street (opposite QVB)

Sydney NSW 2000

Abbey's Bookshop

131 York St

Sydney NSW 2000

Kings Comics

310 Pitt St

Sydney NSW 2000

Elizabeth's Bookshop

257 King Street

Newtown NSW 2042 (next to the Dendy Cinema)

Dymocks

424 - 430 George Street

Sydney NSW 2000

Gertrude and Alice

46 Hall St

Bondi Beach NSW


Better Read Than Dead

265 King St

Newtown NSW

Gleebooks

49 Glebe Point Rd

Glebe, NSW

Ampersand Cafe Bookstore

78 Oxford St

Paddington NSW

Harry Hartog

Shop 5036 Westfield Bondi Junction

NSW 2022

Shop 1107 Westfield Miranda

NSW 2228

Fiction Novels

Nonfiction Books About Sport