We are delighted to reveal the fabulous cover of our forthcoming Second Look title, a new edition of The Fastest Ship in Space, Pamela Freeman’s fun space adventure novel for younger readers, with brand-new lively cover and internal illustrations by Yvonne Low. Cover and internal design by Beattie Alvarez and Authors’ Elves.

This great new edition of The Fastest Ship in Space will be launched at The Children’s Bookshop in Sydney on June 30 at 4pm, in a double event which will also see the launch of our forthcoming Eagle Books title, Stephen Hart’s beautiful debut novel, The Lighthouse at Pelican Rock. 

Hope to see you there!

We’re pleased to say that The Sorcerer’s Tower omnibus edition has received a nice review at the popular ReadPlus blog. You can read the review here.

A great review of Duncan Ball’s fabulous book of plays has been posted on the Read Plus blog, with the book being highly recommended.

Here’s an extract:

There is an excellent variety of funny plays, using easy to read, descriptive language. It will challenge students to use expression, improve fluency and develop speaking confidence. The topics will appeal to readers aged 9+; from princes to vampires and a rhyming sidekick.

You can read the whole thing here.

There’s a great review of This School is Driving Me Nuts, in Reading Time Online.

Here’s an extract:

There is a good dose of vaudeville in many of the jokes too, including an especially adventurous extension of the fly in the soup joke. Lots of word play. There are plays set in gangster worlds, in royal palaces , in a Mongolian Yak tent, there is a Dracula parody and much more. This book is more fun to read than you expect it to be, and once you’ve read it, you will be wanting to see some of these plays up on a stage. They constitute a thorough course in how to do comedy. Highly recommended for the theatrical, the demonstrative, the budding comedian, and anyone who enjoys a joke. 9 to 13 years.

You can read the whole thing here.

Today is publication day for our launch title, Duncan Ball’s fantastic collection, This School is Driving Me Nuts and Other Funny Plays for Kids, illustrated by Craig Smith. We are thrilled to be publishing this fabulous book, and congratulate Duncan, Craig, and our hard-working Second Look team on a great production.

You can get the book in print or ebook format from bookshops, online and physical, all over Australia, as well as several retailers in the UK, USA, New Zealand, Canada, and several other countries, and from library suppliers worldwide too.