Children's And Teen Services

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.

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Author Interview

Read a conversation between Kyle Lukoff and his editor, Ellen Cormier, about A World Worth Saving.

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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.

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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).

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Featured Titles

Eliza and the Flower Fairies

Megan McDonald | Candlewick Press | 2/04/2025 | Hardcover | 9781536201420 | $17.99

From the beloved author of Judy Moody comes a sparkling series about a girl whose love for magic and fairies takes her on enchanting adventures. Order Now

Many Things at Once

Veera Hiranandani | Random House | 1/28/2025 | Hardcover | 9780593643907 | $18.99

A poignant picture book about family and belonging, the child of a Jewish mother and a South Asian father hears stories about her family history. Order Now

Mostly What God Does is Love You

Savannah Guthrie | Zonderkidz | 2/25/2025 | Hardcover | 9780310160281 | $19.99

From TODAY host Savannah Guthrie is a beautiful picture book message about the vastness of God’s love and how we can show love and kindness to others. Order Now

This is the Year

Gloria Muñoz |Holiday House | 1/7/2025 |Hardcover| 9780823458363 | $18.99

This dazzling YA cli-fi written in prose and verse will speak to any reader struggling with the state of our world and how to understand their place in it. Order Now

Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...A Love Story

Jason Reynolds |Caitlin Dlouhy Books | 10/8/2024 | Hardcover | 9781665961271 | $19.99

Bestselling author Jason Reynolds tackles first love from the guy’s perspective in this unfiltered and undeniably sweet stream of consciousness story. Seven starred reviews! Order Now

The World Needs the Wonder You See

Joanna Gaines | Tommy Nelson | 1/28/2025 | Hardcover | 9781400247417 | $19.99

Celebrate the wonder of the world through a child’s eyes in this imaginative book about all the beauty, hope, and surprise hiding in plain sight. 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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