Lamont Standing Order - 2015 Picture Story

OCTOBER

What Do You Wish For?

By Jane Godwin
Illustrated by Anna Walker

All the children in the street are writing down a special Christmas wish. But what is Ruby's wish? W ... Read More

Wombat Wins

By Jackie French
Illustrated by Bruce Whatley

Forget Rio and the Olympic Games in 2016; for us it will be about a wombat ... winning. Yes, Mothbal ... Read More

Before You Were You

By Edwina Wyatt
Illustrated by Bren Luke

Before you were you and before I was me, a big lemon tree was swaying... 'Before You Were You' is a ... Read More

Sad, The Dog

By Sandy Fussell
Illustrated by Tull Suwannakit

What does a dog need to feel loved and cared for? Mr and Mrs Cripps feed their dog, wash him, and ev ... Read More

Horace the Baker’s Horse

By Jackie French
Illustrated by Peter Bray

Horace is a very big horse with an even bigger heart. Every day he pulls the bakers cart and helps O ... Read More

Eye To Eye

By Graeme Base

Imagine you could soar high in the sky with an eagle or dive into the deep with a majestic blue whal ... Read More

Gusto and Gecko Travel to Kenya

By Han Longy
Illustrated by Elinor Hagg

The Curious Travels of Gusto & Gecko is a children’s picture book series which follows two dinos ... Read More

SEPTEMBER

Being Agatha

By Anna Pignataro

When her relatives get together, it's clear that she doesn't quite fit in. And when she starts kinde ... Read More

Funky Chicken: Chooks in Space

By Chris Collin

Climb aboard for a funky space voyage of epic proportions! Could Funky Chook's dream on a hot lazy d ... Read More

Belinda, the Ninja Ballerina

By Candida Baker
Illustrated by Mitch Vane

It's every little girl's dream to be a ballerina, right? Well, not in the case of Belinda, the ninja ... Read More

Remarkably Rexy

By Craig Smith

Everybody loves Rex. He is the most dazzling cat on Serengeti Street. The schoolkids who pass by are ... Read More

Frankie and Finn

By Klay Lamprell and Mark Lamprell
Illustrated by Lucinda Gifford

Frankie is worried about moving house. Finn the fish is worried about the mysterious five-headed mon ... Read More

Suri’s Wall

By Lucy Estela
Illustrated by Matt Ottley

Eva squeezed Suri's hand. 'What's there? What can you see?' 'What can I see?' Suri looked out over t ... Read More

Seagull

By Danny Snell

Seagull loves to fly. It makes her heart sing. But when she gets caught in a tangle of fishing line ... Read More

Beneath the Turquoise Waters

By Summer Gillett

Set within a seaside paradise, Beneath the Turquoise Waters follows the journeys of a newborn baby d ... Read More

AUGUST

How the Sun Got to Coco's House

By Bob Graham

From prolific and multi-award winning writer and illustrator Bob Graham comes an enchanting story ab ... Read More

Moon

By Matt Zurbo
Illustrated by Sadami Konchi

Max's dad is far away on his fishing trawler and Max is missing him badly, until his dad tells him t ... Read More

Footpath Flowers

By Jon Arno Lawson
Illustrated by Sydney Smith

In this wordless, beautifully illustrated picture book from award-winning poet JonArno Lawson, a lit ... Read More

The Great and Wondrous Storyteller

By Michael Scott Parkinson

Norbert is a little monster with very big ideas. He would secretly like to be a grown up, just like ... Read More

The Man With Messy Hair

By Pamela Allen

There was a man with messy hair. He liked the mess. He didn't care. But his messy hair soon got him ... Read More

JULY

Mr Huff

By Anna Walker

Award-winning and much-loved author and illustrator Anna Walker gives us a gentle, poignant, affirmi ... Read More

The Worm Who Knew Karate

By Jill Lever
Illustrated by Terry Denton

Brian was a happy worm. He lived in a beautiful window box. He didn't think he'd ever need to know k ... Read More

Same

By Katrina Roe
Illustrated by Jemima Trappel

When Uncle Charlie comes to visit, Ivy keeps her distance. He seems different from other people she ... Read More

Spider Iggy

By Aleesah Darlison
Illustrated by Sarah Jane Hinder

In the cold, grey city no one ever seems to notice Spider Iggy. As he spins his web into beautiful a ... Read More

Just the Way We Are

By Jessica Shirvington
Illustrated by Claire Roberston

A celebration of families of every kind! Meet Anna, Chiara, Henry, Izzy and Jack. Their families mig ... Read More

JUNE

Mate and Me

By Jennifer Loakes
Illustrated by Belinda Elliott

"The boy from upstairs plays in the yard. His name is Matata. I call him Mate for short. When I see ... Read More

My Name is Lizzie Flynn

By Claire Saxby and Elizabeth Newcomb

Based on the true story of a quilt made by convict women on board the Rajah, bound for Australia. Li ... Read More

Fly-In Fly-Out Dad

By Sally Murphy
Illustrated by Janine Dawson

My dad works up North, so most of the time it’s just me and Mum and Lexie at our house. But when dad ... Read More

There’s A Bear on My Chair

By Ross Collins

Poor Mouse! A bear has decided to settle in his favourite chair, and that chair just isn't big enoug ... Read More

MAY

Stories for Simon

By Lisa Miranda Sarzin

A beautiful story of acknowledging the past and working together for a brighter future. When Simon u ... Read More

Kookoo Kookaburra

By Gregg Dreise

Kookoo is a kind and well-loved kookaburra who is famous for entertaining the other bush creatures w ... Read More

Bogtrotter

By Margaret Wild
Illustrated by Judith Rossell

Bogtrotter doesn't ever stop running, until the day he meets the frog. Every morning Bogtrotter runs ... Read More

Race to the Beach

By Anna Shuttlewood

On your mark, get set, GO! The zoo animals are off for a summer’s day at the beach! Find out which z ... Read More

The Eagle Inside

By Jack/ Bancroft B Manning

Jimmy is the smallest bird at school. Surrounded by big, tough birds, he feels different in every wa ... Read More

How Big is Too Small?

By Jane Godwin

My brother was making a game with a ball, bouncing and throwing up high on a wall, when I asked to j ... Read More

Do You Remember?

By Kelly O'Gara and Anna McNeil
Illustrated by Kelly O'Gara

A beautiful exploration between a child and their ageing grandparent presented with outstanding illu ... Read More

APRIL

That's What Wings Are For

By Daniella Germain & Patrick Guest

There are three things that all respectable dragons need: strong wings for flying, strong lungs for ... Read More

A Curry for Murray

By Kate Hunter & Lucia Masciullo

Molly made . . . slippery duck pasta for her brother's headmaster, spit-roasted geese for the local ... Read More

Thunderstorm Dancing

By Katrina Germein
Illustrated by Judy Watson

When a sunny day at the beach turns stormy, a little girl runs for cover. Her daddy and brothers are ... Read More

Why I Love Footy

By Michael Wagner
Illustrated by Tom Jellett

There are a bazillion reasons to love footy! These are just my biggest ones...... There's the big ta ... Read More

Have You Met Scribble?

By John Dickson

"Elephants bang into things and are rude and loud" says Buttonhole. Scribble and his friend Buttonho ... Read More

MARCH

Last Anzac

By Gordon Winch
Illustrated by Harriet Bailey

To James, Alec Campbell was a hero. He was right. The old man, the last living ANZAC, and all of the ... Read More

The Underwater Fancy-Dress Parade

By Davina Bell
Illustrated by Allison Colpoys

The night before the underwater fancy-dress parade, Alfie got that feeling . . . Sometimes it's hard ... Read More

Green Tree Frogs

By Sandra Kendell

Each year monsoonal rains sweep across the Top End and the green tree frogs clamber from their hidin ... Read More

My Gallipoli

By Ruth Starke
Illustrated by Robert Hannaford

From the shores of Anzac Cove to the heights of Chunuk Bair, from Cape Helles to Gurkha Bluff, the G ... Read More

Lest We Forget

By Kerry Brown
Illustrated by Isabol Knowles and Benjamin Portas

Timed for the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, this powerful story about a boy and his grandfathe ... Read More

This is Captain Cook

By Tania McCartney
Illustrated by Christina Booth

Captain James Cook loved to sail. He loved making maps (he was very good at it, too) and he particul ... Read More

Horse Soldier

By Mark Wilson

"Bandy jerked her head. I felt her shiver and neigh to the other horses. Then a hand went up in the ... Read More

FEBRUARY

The Complete Guide to a Dog’s Best Friend

By Felicity Gardner
Illustrated by David West

Have you ever wondered what your dog is really thinking? Read this book to find out! An older, wiser ... Read More

The Playground is Like the Jungle

By Shona Innes
Illustrated by Irisz Agocs

The Playground is like the Jungle was written with a view to opening young minds to the rich variety ... Read More

The Unlikely Story of Bennelong & Phillip

By Michael Sedunary
Illustrated by Bern Emmerichs

The book explores the extraordinary and improbable friendship between Bennelong, a local Aboriginal ... Read More

Emily Eases Her Wheezes

By Katrina Roe
Illustrated by Leigh Hedstrom

If Emily tries to play basketball, she ends up puffing. What can you do when asthma stops you from p ... Read More