Lamont Standing Order - 2020 Early Childhood

OCTOBER

Smiling Mind 1 - The Thank-you Present

By Jane Martino

Evie and Lola can't wait for their birthdays, because birthdays mean presents!Evie and Lola LOVE get ... Read More

Piper Picks the Perfect Pet

By Caroline Touhey
Illustrated by Nicky Johnston

My dad says I can choose a pet, but I'm not sure which pet to get. A dog, a cat, a fish, a rat? How ... Read More

Busy Beaks

By Sarah Allen

Spend a day with Australia's most vibrant and unique feathered friends. Full of splashing shorebirds ... Read More

Back to Sleep

By Zoë Foster Blake
Illustrated by Mike Jacobsen

Back to Sleep is a reflection of Zoe Foster Blake's much-loved brand and profile, told with an authe ... Read More

SEPTEMBER

We Love You, Magoo

By Briony Stewart

Magoo has his own ideas about what a dog should do - in the kitchen, in the car, at dinnertime and b ... Read More

Combat Wombat

By Gina Newton and Tiffanee Daley

'Womba-rumbaaaa! I'm Combat Wombat, Wildlife Warrior of the Bush!'With courage, determination and sh ... Read More

Where the Dragons Live

By Serena Geddes

A young dragon discovers how to be his true self with some help from his human girl best friend in t ... Read More

Nala The Koala

By Penny Min Ferguson

Nala the koala has lost her home. She searches far and wide, but some places are too sandy, some are ... Read More

Ruby and Graham

By Lucy Barnard

Ruby loves fun while Graham loves organising. In their own unique ways, they make sure that Acorn Wo ... Read More

JULY

Can I Give You A Squish?

By Emily Neilson

Kai is a little mer-boy who's big on hugs or ‘squishes’ as he and his mama call them. Not everyone's ... Read More

Barkley

By Rebecca Crane

A deceptively simple ode to happiness and self-confidence, as told through the voice of a lovable do ... Read More

JUNE

Henry Turnip

By Chloe Jasmine Harris

Henry Turnip has seven pairs of blue striped overalls, one for each day of the week. He likes televi ... Read More

The Shy Zebra

By Phillip Gwynne
Illustrated by Penelope Pratley

The talent show is on today. Zebra has been practising hard all week. But when Zebras turn comes, he ... Read More

MAY

Sometimes Cake

By Edwina Wyatt and Tamsin Ainslie

For anyone who has ever wished for a party every day of the year, this is a story about finding your ... Read More

APRIL

There's No Such Thing

By Heidi McKinnon

Bear can't sleep. Did you hear that? Did you feel that? What was it? It wasn't a hungry giant or a b ... Read More

Goodnight, Glow Worms

By Aura Parker

Goodnight, Glow Worms shining bright,Time to dim your Glow Worm lightGlow Worms gleaming, beaming ro ... Read More

I’ll Always Be Older Than You

By Jane Godwin
Illustrated by Sara Acton

I’ll teach you to peel bananas,eat ice-cream in a cone.It’s lucky you’ve got me –I had to learn this ... Read More

Ten Little Figs

By Rhian Williams and Nathaniel Eckstrom

A child counts down the figs on the backyard fig tree, as each one is snatched away by a different A ... Read More

MARCH

Big Hug, Little Mouse

By Lisa Kerr

There are so many different types of hugs and, as an expert hug-giver, Millie knows them all. There ... Read More

FEBRUARY

Are These Hen's Eggs?

By Christina Booth

Hen is counting the days until her eggs hatch. But one night a wild storm scatters them far and wide ... Read More

Dippy and the Dinosaurs

By Jackie French and Bruce Whatley with Ben Smith Whatley

An 'Ice Age' meets Diary of a Wombat story! Dippy the diprotodon is the BIGGEST and friendliest womb ... Read More

Roo Knows Blue

By Renee Treml

Who knows blue? Roo knows blue! But does Roo know other colours too? Sing along with Roo and Possum ... Read More