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To start the New Year off CATS is offering a 30% off SALE on select Paw Prints titles. The discount will be offered from December ’09-January ’10. Titles can be found on, TS3 and School Select, Selection Lists. Located in the Paw Prints category titles are categorized by picture/easy, chapter books, graphic novels, fiction, nonfiction for children, and teens. There are over 4,000 titles being offered with the 30% discount. Order while supplies last!

Congratulations to all of the recipients of the ALA Youth Media awards and honors recipients! All are listed on our website, link here http://www.btol.com/promo_details.cfm?id=378.

You can win The Jan Brett one-of-a-kind hand-painted Easter Egg! Yes, YOU! The 210th person to email CATS@Baker-Taylor.com, entering “Easter Egg” as the subject, between January 1-March 15, 2010 will win a hand-painted ostrich egg by Jan Brett. Please include first and last name, and phone; the winner will be contacted on March 16, 2010. Jan Brett is author and illustrator of many popular picture books, such as The Mitten (9780399252969, REI, $17.99) and Gingerbread Friends (9780399251610, REI, $17.99). The Easter Egg (9780399252389, REI, $17.99) will be published February 2009 telling the story of Hoppi the bunny who wants to win the egg-decorating contest so that the Easter Bunny will choose him to help distribute Easter eggs. Instead while everyone else is working on their decorations, he finds himself guarding an egg that has fallen from a robin's nest.

For quick ordering of current topics and the best books, check out our new CATS Selection Lists:

• Paw Prints SALE: fiction, nonfiction, picture/easy, graphic novels, teen
• Hygiene, Health vs. Viruses, Epidemics
• Winter Titles for children and teens
• Shelf Worn list of classic picture books
• Top 100 Children’s titles
• Top 100 Teen titles
• Top 100 Paw Prints Children’s titles
• Top 100 Paw Prints Teen titles
• Poetry
• Earth Day
• Mother’s Day
• Booking Ahead – 3 months notification service preK-teen
• CATS Lease – teen titles

In addition to the Automatically Yours CATS Series Winter-Spring 2010 publication, Baker & Taylor monitors 100's of children's and teen series.; Below are series that are newly being monitored by CATS and can be Automatically Yours:

Hiro’s Quest, Scholastic, fiction, grades 2-5: PAP series id 0006106801, $4.99.
I Survived, Scholastic, fiction, grades 2-5: PAP series id 0006106785, $4.99.
Poison Apple, Scholastic, fiction, grades 4-7: PAP series id 0006106827, $5.99.
Sophie, Scholastic Press, fiction, grades 2-5: PAP series id 0006106777, $4.99.

Previously offered series that have ceased, or are complete, and will no longer be available for automatic shipment:

Enchantment of the World. Second Series, Children’s Press, nonfiction, grades 5-9: LIB series id 0003109378.
Science Experiments on File, Facts on File, nonfiction, grades 6-12: RNG series id 0000546259.
Ulysses Moore, Scholastic, fiction, grades 4-7: PAP series id 00004598421; PAW series id 0004852356.

Once a year at ALA Mid-Winter, Children’s and Teen librarians, publishers and lovers of the craft of children’s literature gather in the grand ballroom to witness history: the announcements of the ALA Youth Media Awards.

I was able to talk with a few librarians in our booth on Sunday before the announcements; there was nothing but chatter and predictions. As the award committees finished their daunting task of choosing this year’s winners, you could feel the relief, yet excitement for the announcements the following day. During my conversations, I was able to speak with someone involved in choosing the Michael L. Printz award. I was polite and didn’t even try to ask for a hint, but I could tell it was hard for her to keep the secret. Listening to her describe what the award means and just how much time it takes to choose a winner I feel nothing but respect and awe for those who serve on the award committees.

As the morning alarm rang on Sunday, I could hear people in the hall of the hotel headed to the awards with quick steps and bated breathe. After grabbing a coffee I headed into the Grand Ballroom at the Boston Convention Center. The snow quietly fell outside the windows of the massive ballroom while eager librarians filed in to hear the anticipated roster of award recipients. Of course, all of us had our predictions—much like the office football pool, those of us interested in the awards scoured the mock discussion boards, reviewed publisher predictions in hopes to get an early glimpse of who will win.

Finally, the announcements were made. Three rows ahead of me there was a group of women who screamed as each award was announced. There were times when it sounded like a football game with cheering, and even signs stating congratulations. Of course, publishers were even more excited when their books were called out.

As each award was revealed, the mounting excitement of the Caldecott Award announcement could be felt as everyone grew silent. When the Lion and the Mouse was announced, shrieks of happiness could be heard all around. There was cheering and a standing ovation. Witnessing a crowd of strangers who share the love of children’s literature and appreciate those who create it was a humbling event. Again, many congratulations to those who yet again made history, and have created a work that promotes what we all hold dear, literary and life-long learning. - Elizabeth Duffy, CATS Sales Coordinator