The Fast Lane

Every day, rain or shine, Daisy swims exactly 100 laps at her local pool. She is focused, determined, and always in the Fast Lane.

Then along comes Frank. When the easygoing frog splashes into her lane with his slow, relaxed strokes, Daisy’s carefully timed routine is thrown off course.

Can this fiercely competitive pig find room in her heart—and her lane—for a dawdling frog?

A charming and funny picture book about rivalry, patience, and learning that there is more than one way to swim through life.

Katrin Dreiling is a German-born language teacher who moved to Australia with her husband and three children and later became an illustrator. She is known for her quirky artwork that incorporates a variety of media. Her first illustrated picture book, The World’s Worst Pirate by Michelle Worthington, was named a Notable Book in 2018 by the Children’s Book Council of Australia. In 2021, her first book as both author and illustrator, A Perfect Pig, was published by Scholastic Australia. Katrin also illustrates for other authors and has worked with Walker Books and Page Street Kids.

Pip Harry is the author of award-winning books for children and young adults, including The Little Wave, winner of the CBCA Book of the Year for Younger Readers, and August & Jones, winner of the CBCA Shadow Judging Book of the Year. A former competitive pool swimmer who once dreamed of becoming an Olympian, Pip now prefers swimming in the ocean. Her recent titles include the ABIA-shortlisted Over or Under?, The Inside Dog, Camp Spooky: Attack of the Aliants (co-written with Kate Foster), and Drift, a young adult novel in verse.

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