Picture this: picture books for older readers

Jeannie Baker, The hidden forest: Sophie shows Ben the hidden world of the kelp forest under the waves.; other titles by Jeannie Baker
Gavin Bishop, The house that Jack built: Jack Bull Esq. arrives in New Zealand in 1798. As his story unfolds, Jack's house grows, but the spirit of the Earth Mother, Papatuanuku, weakens and fades.
Quentin Blake, Clown: Clown, abandoned in a rubbish bin, struggles to find a new home. Wordless picture book.
Anthony Browne, Voices in the park: Four people visit the park; four voices tell their version of what happened in the park.
Anthony Browne, Willy's pictures: Willy the chimp takes a fresh look at some of the world's more famous paintings, and adds his own, uniquely Willy, touch.
Gary Crew, Memorial: A memorial tree is planted when the soldiers return from war in 1918. But will anyone really remember?
Gary Crew, Troy Thompson's excellent poetry book
Gary Crew, Troy Thompson's radical prose folio: Poetry and prose from Troy Thompson, with notes and grades from the long-suffering Ms Kranke.
Paul Fleischman, Weslandia: Wesley is an outcast from the civilisation around him, so he decides to develop his own.
Libby Gleeson, The great bear: A dancing circus bear breaks out and climbs to the stars.
Amy Hest, When Jessie came across the sea: Jessie is the one chosen by the village rabbi to make the journey from Eastern Europe to a new life in America.
Bob Kerr, After the war: When the father comes home after the war, the family plant a tree. They watch it through the seasons, as the town changes and the family grows.
Gary Larson, There's a hair in my dirt!: The harrowing story of a family of worms, a fair maiden, and what Nature really is all
John Marsden, Norton's hut: A party of young trampers find refuge from a sudden snowstorm in an isolated hut that contains a strange secret.
John Marsden, Prayer for the twenty-first century: A poem with hopes and fears for the new century.
John Marsden, The rabbits: The rabbits came many grandparents ago. They spread across the country. No mountain could stop them; no desert, no river.
Christopher Myers, Black cat: Black cat prowls through the city streets. A poem by Walter Dean Myers, illustrated by his son Christopher.
Patricia Polacco, The butterfly: Monique thinks she sees a ghost sitting at the end of her bed, but the ghost turns out to be Sevrine, a Jewish girl in hiding with her family in Monique's cellar.
Tohby Riddle, The singing hat: Colin Jenkins sits down under a tree one day and life is never the same for him again.
Peter Sis, Tibet: through the red box: Inside the red box lies his father's diary - pages and pages of fragile paper with faded handwriting, telling the story of his father's time in Tibet.
Peter Sis, Madlenka: Madlenka has lived in the same apartment ever since she was born, so when she has a wiggly tooth, she tells all her friends - its like a trip around the world.
Shaun Tan, The lost thing: A bottle-top collector discovers a lost thing and finds a place for it.
Margaret Wild, Fox: Magpie and Dog are friends, and Magpie rides with Dog, flying across the land. Fox waits and watches…
Margaret Wild, Jenny Angel: Jenny watches over her dying younger brother.
David Wisniewski, The secret knowledge of grown-ups: Learn the real reasons grown-ups tell you to do things. Steel your mind for the truth.
David Wisniewski, Sector 7: Have you ever thought that maybe clouds are designed according to a plan? And that if a boy with a gift for drawing finds his way to Sector 7 the sky might end up looking quite different.
David Wisniewski, Tough cookie: Life's tough at the bottom of the Jar, except for this tough cookie. He can handle anything - until Fingers drops in.
Yee, Paul Ghost train: A young Chinese girl journeys to America in search of her father who has been working on the railroad. An accomplished artist, she paints a picture of a train that will carry the soul of her father, and all those who died on the railroad, back to China.

Don't forget…

Browne, Anthony: Gorilla; Piggybook; Zoo
Crew, Gary: Caleb; Tagged; The watertower
Macaulay, David: Black and white
Van Allsburg, Chris: The mysteries of Harris Burdick; The polar express; The sweetest fig