Lamont Standing Order - 2024 Primary Non-Fiction

SEPTEMBER

Spectacular Space

By Warren Singer

The Universe is huge and has billions of galaxies and stars as well as black holes nebulas and other ... Read More

Wombat

By John Lesley

Wombats waddle around snuffling and huffing looking like furry teddy bears. But don’t be fooled - th ... Read More

AUGUST

Wedge-tailed Eagle

By Claire Saxby
Illustrated by Christina Booth

Award-winning author Claire Saxby's latest addition to the Nature Storybook series, following a fema ... Read More

Nightlife

By Sandra Kendell

'As daylight fades and twilight reaches, here creep and flutter hidden creatures.' Australia is home ... Read More

Life Lessons for Little Ones: You Know Yourself Best

By Fotini Tikkou
Illustrated by Jess Sanders

A timely book that reminds us to tap into our instincts, exploring the ways we can listen to and tru ... Read More

JULY

ABC Disability

By Sarah Rose & Alley Pascoe
Illustrated by Rebecca Feiner

From three-time Paralympian swimmer, medal-winner and disability advocate Sarah Rose, comes a big-he ... Read More

Jiggliest Jellyfish

By Prof. Tim Flannery and Emma Flannery
Illustrated by Katie Melrose

Jiggliest Jellyfish is the brilliant new book in a series spotlighting the most fascinating creature ... Read More

Australia's Remarkable Wildlife: Emu

By John Lesley

Australia has been an island continent surrounded by oceans for millions of years. During this long, ... Read More

Unreal

By Kate Simpson
Illustrated by Leila Rudge

Guess which of the weird and wonderful exhibits are real and which are fake in this sumptuous collec ... Read More

JUNE

Walking the Rock Country in Kakadu

By Diane Lucas & Ben Tyler
Illustrated by Emma Long

It's yekke, early dry season. Kundenge karrire kunwarddehwardde. Let's walk the rock country. Wardi ... Read More

Drop into the Ocean

By Karen Wasson
Illustrated by Marta Tesoro

Drop into the Ocean is a beautifully illustrated children's science book for kids aged 6 and up. Joi ... Read More

How to Move a Zoo

By Kate Simpson
Illustrated by Owen Swan

It was still dark when Mr Miller opened the gates of the old zoo, but he wasn't scared because he wa ... Read More

My Teeth

By Danny Snell

My Teeth takes young readers on an extraordinary journey through the science, history and wonders of ... Read More

Freaky Insects

By John Lesley

Even though they are small insects can be more annoying scary and dangerous than the biggest animals ... Read More

Dangerous Sharks

By John Lesley

Sharks are called the lions of the ocean but why is that They dont have fur or cute cubs but both li ... Read More

MAY

Life On Us

By Prof. Tim Flannery & Emma Flannery
Illustrated by Xavi Ramiro

Life On Us is a first-of-its-kind exploration of everything that lives ON and IN us, but is NOT us, ... Read More

Three Dresses

By Wanda Gibson

A richly illustrated picture book by Nukgal Wurra author-artist Wanda Gibson about her joyful childh ... Read More

Before the Mountain Had a Name

By Fiona Levings

Mountains are memories … The stories of mountains may be set in stone but they reveal change we can ... Read More

Deadly Snakes

By John Lesley

People who suddenly find themselves face to face with a snake are usually terrified. Snakes hiss, sl ... Read More

Nasty Stingers

By John Lesley

What is that in the ocean? Is it dangerous or not? Even when they are dead on the beach, many of Aus ... Read More

APRIL

Seed to Sky

By Pamela Freeman
Illustrated by Liz Anelli

Nature Storybooks. Every wonderful word is true! In the oldest rainforest on Earth, on the oldest co ... Read More

Natural Disasters: Floods in Australia

By John Lesley

Floods periodically create devastation across parts of Australia, where they destroy towns, take liv ... Read More

Australia's Scariest Creatures: Fierce Reptiles

By John Lesley

They might look like small dinosaurs, but today’s reptiles are not closely related to them at all. T ... Read More

Australia's Scariest Creatures: Shocking Spiders

By John Lesley

Spiders scuttle across our walls, hang in huge webs, or hide in burrows, waiting for something to ea ... Read More

MARCH

Australia's Remarkable Wildlife: Tasmanian Devil

By John Lesley

A Tasmanian devil screeching in the forest sounds like a huge fearsome animal. They certainly do hav ... Read More

Australia's Remarkable Wildlife: Kookaburra

By John Lesley

The call of the laughing kookaburra is distinctly Australian. Despite this, the sound of its laugh h ... Read More

FEBRUARY

The Beehive

By Megan Daley
Illustrated by Max Hamilton

An amazing look into the native stingless bee, the heroes of pollination, from celebrated teacher li ... Read More

Extraordinary Elephants

By Prof. Tim Flannery and Emma Flannery
Illustrated by Katie Melrose

Extraordinary Elephants is the brilliant new book in Team Flannery's fascinating animal picture-book ... Read More

Sensational Australian Animals

By Stephanie Owen Reeder
Illustrated by Cher Hart

Explore the fascinating world of native Australian animals through the five basic senses — sight, so ... Read More

Your Brain Is a Lump of Goo

By Idan Ben-Barak
Illustrated by Christopher Nielsen

A funny exploration of the most mysterious organ in the human body from the bestselling and award-wi ... Read More

Little Horses

By Deborah Kelly
Illustrated by Jenni Goodman

'Out in the bay where sailboats glide, little horses drift and hide...' Beneath the waters of a calm ... Read More

Wear a Purple Poppy

By Fiona White
Illustrated by Kathleen O'Hagan

It is a little remembered fact that not only soldiers went to war; many animals were taken too. The ... Read More