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Toggle navigation Home Paw Prints Publishing Notification Services & Programs Prebinds The Baker & Taylor CATS team have got you covered for Summer Reading 2024 ! Latest CATS Videos Coffee Break: Curating Community Collections Join Baker & Taylor CATS Deanna Gerard, MLS in conversation with Mary Schreiber and Wendy Bartlett, authors of the new book Curating Community Collections: A Holistic Approach to Diverse Collection Development, published by Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, and learn how you too can create a more diverse collection using Kirkus Collections (available only through TS360), and Paw Prints Publishing titles. First Chapter Fridays: No Cats in the Library We’re excited to share a video from Lauren Emmons introducing her new picture book, No Cats in the Library. Looking for more videos? Check out our YouTube Channel . Author Interview Ernest Christy Cline is an American science fiction novelist, slam poet, and screenwriter. He wrote the novels Ready Player One, Armada, and Ready Player Two and co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg. We are excited to feature him as our April interview! Read the full interview here ! Summer Reading 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 . Summer Reading Kickoff Join us on Tuesday June 12, 2024 at 4 pm E.S.T/1 pm P.S.T. for a special conversation on summer reading and the vital importance of public libraries! Our special guest moderator, Mychal Threets, is the former supervising librarian at Solano County Library in CA, 2023 winner of the I Love My Librarian Award from ALA, and a viral internet advocate for library joy. Mychal will be joined by NYT bestselling authors, Hena Kahn ( Amina’s Voice , Amina’s Song , the Super You! series) and Chris Grabenstein ( Mr. Lemoncello’s Library ) series. Register Here Contests Win Paw Prints Publishing SWAG! Click on the link below to learn how you can enter to win some cool swag from Baker & Taylor/CATS trade publishing division, Paw Prints Publishing. Enter Today! Learn more about the featured titles and shop them directly on TS360. ​Win I AM MORE THAN! New from LeBron James, a picture book to encourage kids everywhere that they can do and be many things! The sky’s the limit! Click on the link below and enter your contact information for a chance to win a copy of I AM MORE THAN from our partners at HarperCollins Children’s Books! Enter Today! Featured Titles Addie Ant Goes on an Adventure Maren Morris, Karina Argow, and Kelly Anne Dalton| Chronicle Books | 04/09/2024| Hardcover | 9781797228914 | $18.99 The delightful story of one little ant’s journey for independence while realizing when to ask for help from country music star Maren Morris. Order Now The Book Bus Melanie Moore | Schiffer Kids | 02/28/2024 | Hardcover| 9780764367793 | $16.99 Based on a true story, this picture book follows a vintage VW pickup truck that embarks on a new adventure to share the joy of reading as the Book Bus. Order Now Dr. Seuss Graphic Novel: Cat Out of Water: A Cat in the Hat Story Art Baltazar | Random House Graphic | 04/30/2024 | Hardcover| 9780593703038 | $10.99 Discover Dr. Seuss’s whimsical world like never before in this colorful graphic novel perfect for beginner readers transitioning to chapter books! Order Now I Am A Rock Ashley Qilavaq-Savard |Inhabit Media | 04/09/2024 | Hardcover| 9781772274752 | $17.95 An Arctic journey from the point of view of a most unlikely object—a child’s pet rock. Order Now The Last Zookeeper Aaron Becker| Candlewick Press | 03/12/2024| Hardcover |9781536227680 | $18.99 A master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic Noah’s Ark in a luminous sci-fi parable for our changing world. Order Now Willow the White House Cat Jill Biden| Simon & Schuster | 04/06/2024| Hardcover |9781665952057 | $18.99 The story of how Willow the White House Cat made her way from a farm in Pennsylvania to the White House, written by First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden. Order Now © 2024. Baker & Taylor. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy Login Sign up for our newsletters Contact us for more information Connect with...