Interested in giving away discounted books this year? Email Sara Shepard (West) or Grace Larochelle (East) to get started! 

 

 
Summer Reading 2025

Watch our Summer Reading Webinar to learn more about the books available for the 2025 Summer Reading Prize Program, how they align with the two national collaborative summer reading themes, and other ways we can support your summer reading programming! Click Here!

 

Get ready for summer! Our Summer Reading 2025 Catalog is now available, and we are so excited to kick off a great reading season! Browse the Catalog Now.

 


 

 

 
Latest CATS Videos

 

All Mixed Up
Join author Raj Tawney as he reads a chapter from All Mixed Up, a gripping story about a multi-ethnic American boy who forges a complex friendship with a Pakistani immigrant in the wake of 9/11.

 

Looking for more videos? Check out our YouTube Channel.

 
Author Interview

We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Pura Belpré-winning illustrator Eliza Kinkz about her latest title, Mistaco, which Kirkus calls "a deliciously effervescent celebration of family and resilience."

 

Click here to read the interview.

 
In the Spotlight

On the first Saturday in February, thousands of libraries across the world celebrate TakeYourChild to the Library Day (TYCLD) by offering free, fun, and fabulous activities for kids and their families. The library spaces you’ve created are ideal for play, discovery, learning, making friends, and having fun. From live music to nature talks and magic shows, from crafting to ice cream socials and the old standby - STORY TIMES! - we have seen you offer events that are entertaining, unique, creative beyond belief and truly meaningful for young people. TYCLD is the perfect way for you to put these programs into action and show off your library magic. We took some time to chat with the founders of this yearly event, looking for ways to support your participation in Take Your Child to the Library Day.

Click here to read more.

 

 
Unplugged/Look Up!

Host a Look Up! Stuffed Animal Sleep Over Story Time at your Library during March's Global Day of Unplugging!

Help kids unplug from technology, grow their imagination, and develop a life-long love of reading! 

CATS and Paw Prints Publishing is teaming up with the Unplug Collaborative for this year's Global Day of Unplugging, March the 7th through March the 8th (Sundown to Sundown). 

Click here for our Look Up! Storytime Sleepover Kit with Activities.

 

 
Featured Titles

Banned Together

Ashley Hope Pérez |Holiday House | 3/4/2025 |Hardcover| 9780823458301| $19.99

A YA anthology that spotlights the transformative power of books while equipping teens to fight for the freedom to read. Order Now


Cats in Construction Hats

Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen | Random House | 4/8/2025 | Hardcover | 9780593706848 | $18.99

Colorful cats in construction hats are on the job to build a house in this adorable, bouncy, rhyming picture book! Kids will delight in learning about colors while giggling at the hilarious antics of these forklift driving kitties. Perfect for Storytime! Order Now


Cats With Jobs

PANDANIA | Seven Seas Entertainment | 6/17/2025 | Hardcover | 9798893734584| $14.99

Where there’s a job, there’s a cat ready to work. The adorable new manga from the creator of Yokai Cats and Monster Cats—all available from Seven Seas! Order Now


A Chest Full of Words

Rebecca Gugger & Simon Röthlisberger |NorthSouth Books | 3/18/2025 | Hardcover| 9780735845602 | $19.95

In this picture book packed with playful vocabulary, a young boy finds new words and discovers how to use them to change the world around him. Order Now


Rise Up!

Rachel C. Katz | Barefoot Books| 3/11/2025 | Hardcover | 9798888593684 | $17.99

Inspire young activists in this bold nonfiction picture book exploring 25 moments of protest, resistance and revolution throughout American history.  Order Now


This Thing of Ours

Fredrick Joseph | Candlewick Press | 5/06/2025| Hardcover | 9781536233469 | $18.99

The powerful and timely YA novel debut from New York Times best-selling author Frederick Joseph is a heartfelt story—and a rallying cry against book banning. Order Now

 
Phonics Prebinds

 

Available in sturdy bound single volumes, we are thrilled to provide your favorite phonics set titles in our Guaranteed Library Binding! An excellent trim size for the little hands of emerging readers that will withstand multiple circulations

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