Lamont Standing Order - 2022 Picture Story

Old Fellow

By Christopher Cheng
Illustrated by Liz Anelli

A touching and tender picture book about the joy that can be found in companionship and community.An ... Read More

Song of the White Ibis

By Phillip Gwynne
Illustrated by Liz Anelli

A beautiful and powerful story to challenge the way we view one of our most infamous birds, and ours ... Read More

Kind

By Jess McGeachin

From the tiniest beetle to the most majestic whale, every creature on Earth is a marvel, deserving o ... Read More

A Feather on a Wing

By Maria Speyer

A timely celebration of togetherness in the form of a comforting bedtime story with breathtaking ill ... Read More

Open Your Heart to Country

By Jasmine Seymour

‘Welcome home lost children To land singing you back home Listen to its language Learn how to speak ... Read More

Polly's Grand Party Plan

By Jane Godwin
Illustrated by Evie Barrow

Polly's sixth birthday would be here any day (Well actually thirty-five sleeps away) She was countin ... Read More

Bush Magic

By Kylie Howarth
Illustrated by Kylie Howarth

This delightful story is about the power of imagination, appreciating the natural world and spending ... Read More

Too Many Cats!

By Maura Finn
Illustrated by Lucinda Gifford

Percy is a dog with a bone to pick: there are just too many cats in his house! They scratch the armc ... Read More

The Wonders of Never Giving Up

By Maddy Mara
Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

Success isn't easy, and though it sounds cheesy Clear paths to great heights are quite rare Just fli ... Read More

My Shadow is Purple

By Scott Stuart

My Dad has a shadow that’s blue as a berry, and my Mum’s is as pink as a blossoming cherry. There’s ... Read More

Keeping up with the Dachshunds

By Carla Fitzgerald
Illustrated by Rebel Challenger

Keeping up is RUFF! As Jet the dog discovers in this hilarious parody. Jet only has three biscuits a ... Read More

Stardiving

By Andrew Plant

Dive with young whale Fluke into a sparkling deep-sea adventure. Fluke is a young sperm whale with b ... Read More

Alfie the Brave

By Richard Harris
Illustrated by Simon Howe

A charming picture book about how bravery doesn't always come naturally, from Dr Richard 'Harry' Har ... Read More

Seree's Story

By Irma Gold
Illustrated by Wayne Harris

An uplifting and thought-provoking tale about elephant conservation. When they came, the herd scatte ... Read More

Crumbs

By Phillip CUMMINGS

On a wintry city street, a one-legged bird dances for crumbs to eat ... but Ella has nothing to give ... Read More

Phyllis & Grace

By Nigel Gray and Bethan Welby

The moving story of how a little girl befriends her elderly neighbour who has dementia. Grace is a l ... Read More

Great Big Softie

By Kaye Baillie
Illustrated by Shane McG

Elliot is a GREAT BIG SOFTIE. But to fit in with the other monsters he decides to perform some MONST ... Read More

Arabella's Alphabet Adventure

By Suzy Zail
Illustrated by Christopher Nielsen

A timeless story about an alphabet, a daring adventure and a book who learns she is perfect, just th ... Read More

This is My Dad

By Dimity Powell
Illustrated by Nicky Johnston

Leo has never known a father figure, but that won’t stop him from telling his class about someone co ... Read More

The Owl Who Got Left Behind

By Martine Murray
Illustrated by Anna Read

One moon-lit night on a faraway beach, somewhere in the mists of time, an owl is grieving the depart ... Read More

The Little Book of Hopes

By Elyse Shellie and Evie Barrow

An enchanting book expressing all the hopes and wishes parents have for their children. Celebrating ... Read More

A Squiggly Line

By Robert Vescio
Illustrated by Kathy Creamer

A funny and exciting adventure into the power of positive thinking. A little mouse begins a journey ... Read More

Mila & Ivy

By Katrina McKelvey
Illustrated by Jasmine Berry

Mila is a cardboard design engineer. She is currently designing and constructing a cupcake catapult ... Read More

Reggie Round and the Aga Panthers

By Jane Grant
Illustrated by Martina Heiduczek

Reggie Round has always been afraid of the house next door. He’s sure wild beasts live in the garden ... Read More

Market Day

By Carrie Gallasch
Illustrated by Hannah Sommerville

When a girl is given a coin to spend at the market, she thinks carefully about what to buy. She is t ... Read More

Your School is the BEST!

By Maggie Hutchings
Illustrated by Felicita Sala

Everyone's favourite cockroach is back, and this time he's going to school! From show-and-tell to ar ... Read More

Tiny Wonders

By Sally Soweol Han

Bursting with colour, Tiny Wonders is the story of a small child trying to bring wonder back to her ... Read More

Snakes Awake

By Jarrod Paine and Shannon Boland

I love our bushwalks. If I’m lucky, I get to see snakes. And they’re amazing. Pip explores the outdo ... Read More

Go Home, Cat!

By Sonya Hartnett
Illustrated by Lucia Masciullo

A delightful story from the award-winning team who brought us Come Down, Cat! that celebrates friend ... Read More

Family Tree

By Josh Pyke
Illustrated by Ronojoy Ghosh

It started with a seed, and that seed was me. And, over time, laughter filled my garden... A heartfe ... Read More