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Coffee Break: Summer Reading

The CATS teams hosted a webinar detailing our 2024 Summer Reading Prize Program on Nov. 1st, 2023.

First Chapter Fridays

Join us with Neal Shusterman introduces and reads from Courage to Dream, his new book! Buy on TS360).

Coffee Break: Paw Prints Publishing

Learn more about The Museum Lives in Me is a picture book series that explores concepts of self-discovery, empowerment, and the power of art, as inspired by our world's museums and the collections within them. Debuting in Spring 2024 Pre-order on TS360.

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Author Interview

Author Interview: Carmen Tafolla

Andrea Fritz is a Coast Salish artist and storyteller from the Lyackson First Nation of the Hul’q'umi’num'-speaking Peoples on the West Coast of Canada. She studied West Coast Native art with Victor Newman, a Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw master artist. Andrea strives to express her People’s history and all our futures using her art.

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Paw Prints Publishing

Rachel Dinunzio and Rev Valdez at NYCC

At NY Comic Con with Rev Valdez and Rachel Dinunzio

Author- Illustrators Rev Valdez (Bunso Meets a Mumu) and Rachel Dinunzio (Forsynthia and Scarlett's Symphony) appeared at New York Comic-Con’s FamilyHQ on October 14th for a drawing workshop for kids and their families! Their hands on workshop guided kids through key steps to create characters and stories, While at NYCC, Valdez was interviewed for the Comic News Insider Podcast by Jimmy Aquino. After telling Jimmy how much he enjoyed his first trip to New York City, Rev spoke about influences from Filipino Folklore in his book, from favorite foods to monsters and ghost stories like Bunso!

Contests

Cupcake Party with Rachel Dinunzio

Cupcake Party and Author Visit

Enter to win a visit with Rachel Dinunzio, author and illustrator of Forsynthia: Rise of the Cupcakes and a cupcake party for your library! Two libraries will win a virtual visit & cupcake party compliments of Paw Prints Publishing! (please note- the cupcakes will be REAL and not virtual!). Contest runs until December 16, 2023. Pre-order your copy today on TS360, available on January 16, 2024!

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Featured Titles

Didn't See That Coming

Jesse Q. Sutanto | Delacorte Press | 11/28/23 | 9780593434017 | $18.99

A hilariously fresh and romantic send-up to You’ve Got Mail about a gamer girl with a secret identity and the online bestie she’s never met IRL until she unwittingly transfers to his school. Order Now

Apartment House on Poppy Hill

Nina LaCour, illustrated by Sonia Albert | Chronicle Books | 11/07/2023 | 9781797213736 | $14.99

A charming new chapter book about the tenants of an eccentric apartment building from bestselling author Nina LaCour. Order Now

Books Make Good Friends

Jane Mount | Chronicle Books | 11/07/2023 | 9781797209654 | $18.99

The switcheroo fun of The Parent Trap meets the showbiz spirit of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in this timeless coming-of-age story about family, friendship, and following your dreams. Order Now

Goddess Crown

Shade Lapite | Candlewick Press | 9/15/23 | 9781536226522 | $18.99

Excitement, romance, and a charismatic heroine shine in this first book set in the unforgettable kingdom of Galla. Order Now

Everything Is New

Aylar Abraham | Clavis | 03/10/2023 | 9781605379500 | $18.95

So many new things! Since we moved, nothing has been the same. I wish I could go back to before changed…A heartwarming and reassuring story about getting used to new situations.Order Now

The New Bicycle

Darcy Day Zoells | Clavis | 11/07/2023 | 9781605379647 | $18.95

Mari’s new bicycle is brimming with possibilities! As she goes on an expedition, this imaginative little road movie becomes layered with meaning. Order Now