2024 Summer Reading
 

The Baker & Taylor CATS team have got you covered for Summer Reading 2024!

 
Latest CATS Videos

It Came From the Trees

We're excited to shine the First Chapter Friday Spotlight this month on Ally Rusell for her middle grade horror novel, It Came from the Trees from Delacorte Press.

Wicked Marigold

New this summer from Candlewick Press, and already receiving accolades! From Kirkus, “A witty and engaging anti-fairy-tale adventure” and from the Horn Book, “Clever, quirky, and cozy.


 

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Author Interview
Hayley Dennings loves stories centered on queer female characters. A recent graduate from Loyola Marymount University, she discusses books and writing on her Pages of Hayley YouTube channel. Seeing people like her represented in books encouraged her to write her own books and pursue publishing. She currently resides in the Bay Area in California. This Ravenous Fate is her debut novel. Read the full interview here!

 

 
In the Spotlight

We recently had a chat with Paw Prints Publishing author & illustrator of The Ghost of the Blanes Museum (Hardcover, ISBN  9781223188119, $18.99), Lau Moraiti. We talked about art, some history from her home country of Uruguay and of course- GHOSTS! Read the full interview here!

 

 
Summer Reading

Summer Reading 2024

Summer Reading 

It's here! The 2024 Summer Reading Prize Program is officially live. We are thrilled to offer more than 1,000 titles at discounted pricing for your summer reading challenges (and other giveaway programs throughout the year)!

 

We want to invite you to browse our Summer Reading 2024 catalog here. If you are a TS 360 user, and ready to build your cart before sending it to our CATS team so special pricing can be applied and the order submitted, you can browse all TS 360 Summer Lists.

 

 
Activity/Reading Guides
Featured Titles

The Dictionary Story

Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston | Candlewick Press | 08/06/2024 | Hardcover | 9781536235500 | $18.99

The much-anticipated new picture book from the best-selling, award-winning creators of A Child of Books. Order Now


Every Body Is Different

Miriam Moore-Keish | Capstone Publishing | 08/01/2024 | Hardcover | 9781684469765 | $8.99

Bodies come in all shapes and sizes. Not one size or shape or type of body is best. Your body is the right body for you, so show it some love. Every body is different, and every one is worth celebrating. Order Now


My Hair Can

Matt Forte | Tyndale House Publishers | 09/03/2024 | Hardcover | 9781496480897 | $17.99

This joyful, rhyming picture book invites diverse girls and boys to embrace their natural hair with an uplifting reminder of their self-worth. Celebrate what your hair can do! Order Now


Stella & Marigold

Annie Barrows | Chronicle Books | 10/01/2024 | Hardcover | 9781797219707 | $15.99

From the creators of the New York Times–bestselling Ivy + Bean comes a fun and funny new series about two small sisters with very big imaginations. Order Now


Taxi Ghost

Sophie Escabasse | Random House Graphic | 09/03/2024 | Hardcover | 9780593651445 | $21.99

In this hilarious and heartwarming graphic novel, a young girl's first period brings an unexpected gift: the ability to see ghosts! Order Now


Westfallen

Ann Brashares, Ben Brashares | Simon & Schuster | 09/17/2024 | Hardcover | 9781665950817 | $18.99

A thriller from New York Times bestselling Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants author Ann Brashares asks what it would be like in the modern day USA if Germany had won World War II. 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

Shop our 25% off sale on TS360!