Lamont Standing Order - 2018 Picture Story

OCTOBER

The Man With Small Hair

By Jane Jolly
Illustrated by Andrew Joyner

The man with small hair loves his small hair. He also loves his short pants, zing-a-ding boots and c ... Read More

All The Ways To Be Smart

By Allison Colpoys
Illustrated by Davina Bell

Smart is not just ticks and crosses, smart is building boats from boxes. Painting patterns, wheeling ... Read More

When You’re Going to the Moon

By Sasha Beekman
Illustrated by Vivienne To

Your pet iguana, tap-dancing shoes, an inflatable moose… What else might you need when you’re going ... Read More

The Rats of Tobruk

By Mark Wilson

When a Bedouin boy, Omar, is separated from his family in Libya during WW2, he makes his way to the ... Read More

Midnight At The Library

By Ursula Dubosarsky
Illustrated by Ron Brooks

In Midnight at the Library, critically-acclaimed author, Ursula Dubosarsky, and award-winning illust ... Read More

Upside Down Sid Goes to Work

By Dylan Shearsby

From the one-and-only Dylan Shearsby comes a new adventure in the life of Upside Down Sid. When Sid ... Read More

Jacaranda Snow

By Catherine Greer
Illustrated by Helen Magisson

'We're so lucky,' said Gran. 'We've just enough for two.' Jess and Gran have always made the best of ... Read More

SEPTEMBER

Wisp

By Zana Fraillon
Illustrated by Grahame Baker Smith

A refugee story of extraordinary power and beauty from the Amnesty CILIP Honour-winning author of Th ... Read More

Digby & Claude

By Emma Allen
Illustrated by Hannah Sommerville

"One autumn, change came to Main Street …" Digby’s street is soon going to look different – old hous ... Read More

Dinosaur Day Out

By Sara Acton

A breakout book from Crichton award-winning author/illustrator Sara Acton, with every-kid appeal - a ... Read More

Maddie’s First Day

By Penny Matthews
Illustrated by Liz Anelli

It is Maddie’s first day of school and she has everything ready – her uniform, shoes, socks and hat. ... Read More

AUGUST

A Day At The Show

By Gwyn Perkins

Doreen the hen has laid another perfect egg! Little Iggy and Grandad think she deserves a prize. Wha ... Read More

Grandpa’s Space Adventure

By Paul Newman
Illustrated by Tom Jellett

Join the creative team behind best-selling picture book Grandpa's Big Adventure on a new voyage full ... Read More

Maya & Cat

By Caroline Magerl

Maya & Cat is an inspiring picture book about friendship and resilience from one of Australia’s ... Read More

Funky Chicken Mission InCROCible

By Chris Collin
Illustrated by Megan Kitchin

On a rescue mission like no other, Funky Chicken returns in his wildest adventure yet - Funky Chicke ... Read More

It’s A Story, Rory!

By Frances Watts
Illustrated by David Legge

A STORY ABOUT STORIES! 'Hey, Milly, why are we on this blank page?' 'It won't be blank for long. We' ... Read More

JULY

Things My Pa Told Me

By Anthony Bertini
Illustrated by Jonathan Bentley

A meditation on fatherhood, and a timeless story that will resonate with fathers across the generati ... Read More

Spirit

By Cherri Ryan
Illustrated by Christina Booth

What happens when things don’t go the way you plan? Can you try and try again? Spirit is a beautiful ... Read More

The Only Ones Left

By Sandra Kendell

We share our Australian home with an amazing variety of native animals but some of them are in dange ... Read More

Girl on Wire

By Lucy Estela
Illustrated by Elise Hurst

Girl on Wire is a simple yet brilliantly uplifting allegory of a young girl struggling to build her ... Read More

If I Was Prime Minister

By Beck & Robyn Feiner

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE PRIME MINISTER? The Prime Minister's job is to make our country as goo ... Read More

Sebastian and the Special Stack of Stories

By Kelly Hibbert
Illustrated by Sue deGennaro

Storytime is always special, but even more so when Mum is reading the stack of stories that Sebastia ... Read More

JUNE

The All New Must Have Orange 430

By Michael Speechley

Harvey owned a heap of stuff, but could always use more. The ORANGE 430 was the latest and the great ... Read More

The Perfect Leaf

By Andrew Plant

Inspired by a windy autumn afternoon and two real little girls, The Perfect Leaf takes the simple jo ... Read More

Hello, Honey Bee

By Felicity Marshall

'Can you help us find a safe new home?'Disaster strikes when the bees lose their home. They search h ... Read More

The Singing Seal

By Merv Lamington
Illustrated by Allison Langton

Meet Florence, a flamboyant fur seal who lives on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.Unlike the oth ... Read More

Tiger’s Roar

By Alex Rance
Illustrated by Shane McG

Tiger was the champion of all the jungle. He was strong and bold and proud, and he sat at the top of ... Read More

Thimble

By Rebecca Young
Illustrated by Tull Suwannakit

When her grandmothers time comes, Mabel finds something left behind. A beautiful story about how a t ... Read More

Monsters

By Anna Fienberg
Illustrated by Kim Gamble and Stephen Axelsen

Tildy can see monsters that no one else can see and she sleeps with one eye open, until a new friend ... Read More

MAY

Scaredy Book

By Devon Sillett
Illustrated by Cara King

Book lives at the library and desperately wants to go outside, but is intimidated by all the things ... Read More

The Incredible Freedom Machines

By Kirli Saunders
Illustrated by Matt Ottley

She was small when she heard about them... the incredible freedom machines. In this sumptuous story ... Read More

Upside Down Sid

By Dylan Shearsby

Sid spends most of his time at home. He is upside down, so it’s easier that way. Until, one day, a b ... Read More

Sorry Day

By Coral Vass
Illustrated by Dub Leffler

There was a hum of excitement. Flags flickered in the breeze as Maggie’s heart danced with delight. ... Read More

Cloud Conductor

By Kellie Byrnes
Illustrated by Ann-Marie Finn

Frankie loves to just sit and watch the clouds. She conducts symphonies in the sky and listens to th ... Read More

APRIL

Never Lose Hope

By Mark Wilson

John is a child convict, transported to New South Wales for stealing a shirt. Life is grim in the fl ... Read More

Oma’s Buttons

By Tania Ingram
Illustrated by Jennifer Harrison

Ruthie loves visiting her Oma. They always have lots of fun together. One day Ruthie finds a pretty ... Read More

Drought

By Jackie French
Illustrated by Bruce Whatley

I remember when rain stopped,When day by day the water dropped,All across a sun-bleached land,Drough ... Read More

The Last Peach

By Gus Gordon

One fine summer's day two bugs discover the most beautiful peach of the season and are faced with a ... Read More

Alfred’s War

By Rachel Bin Salleh
Illustrated by Samantha Fry

Alfred’s War is a powerful story that unmasks the lack of recognition given to Australian Indigenous ... Read More

MARCH

The Flying Optometrist

By Joanne Anderton
Illustrated by Karen Erasmus

The Flying Optometrist travels in his little red aeroplane from his practice in the city to a remote ... Read More

Digger

By Mike Dumbleton
Illustrated by Robin Cowcher

When her brother, James, went to war, Annie stitched the name Digger onto her toy kangaroo and gave ... Read More

Go Go and the Silver Shoes

By Jane Godwin
Illustrated by Anna Walker

When Go Go is allowed to buy the most beautiful shoes ever, she decides she will wear them EVERYWHER ... Read More

Grandma Z

By Daniel Gray-Barnett

On an ordinary day, in an even more ordinary town, it was Albert's birthday.When Grandma Z roars int ... Read More

Sandcastle

By Philip Bunting

Rae and Grandad set out to build a sandcastle at the beach. They make a tall tower. They raise great ... Read More

The Silver Sea

By Alison Lester
Illustrated by Jane Godwin

Let's go down to the Silver Sea, Come on, I'll hold your hand... Take a journey beneath the waves in ... Read More

Bird to Bird

By Claire Saxby
Illustrated by Wayne Harris

A bird drops a seed to the floor of the forest. The seed grows into a sapling, then a tree. The tree ... Read More

FEBRUARY

Room on our Rock

By Kate & Jol Temple
Illustrated by Terri Rose Baynton

Two seals are perched on a rock. When others need shelter, do they share it? Room on Our Rock celebr ... Read More

The Feather

By Margaret Wild
Illustrated by Freya Blackwood

This is a story about hope, kindness and redemption set in a grey dystopian world. When a great feat ... Read More

Not Just a Book

By Jeanne Willis

A book is never just a book. From the dream team that is Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross comes this deli ... Read More

The Year of the Dog

By Charles Hope
Illustrated by Jess Racklyeft

Dog had never known what it was like to have a home. It was all she’d ever wanted. At the animal she ... Read More

The Art Garden

By Penny Harrison
Illustrated by Penelope Pratley

Sadie wants to be a painter, just like her best friend, Tom. She loves playing with colour and findi ... Read More

Kate and the Thing

By Heidi Cooper Smith

Moving to a new place, or starting a new school, can be overwhelming — more than anything you need a ... Read More