It’s reading season! The Catalyst team has assembled some of our favorites for all the book-lovers on your gift list this year! Got a young bookworm at home? Here are my top picks for teen and tween readers.—SarahBelle Selig, South African office manager/publicity A young boy brings his community together in a creative way in The Cedarville Shop & the Wheelbarrow Swap. Set in the last days of... Source ..read more

We’ve published a lot of young creators here at Catalyst Press, but none as young as Kendra Powers, my awesome fourteen-year-old niece whose photo book, Bait the Toad, comes out next month. Featuring photos of Kendra’s pet toad Bait, whose sassy photo shoots became an overnight TikTok sensation, Bait the Toad is a side-splitting, quicky gift book that would make a great holiday gift for animal... Source ..read more

ISBN 978-1-7335474-9-9 | SAGTEBAND | R220 | AUG 2023 Jou velkleur maak jou nie vinnig, sterk, slim of gevaarlik nie. Ek wil sommer skree: “Dis net vel, my pel!” ’n Geïllustreerde kinderboek oor die evolusie van velkleur, gebaseer op navorsing deur die antropoloog dr. Nina Jablonski en die historikus dr. Holly Y. McGee. Saam beskik hulle oor meer as 40 jaar se kennis wat spruit uit hul akademiese... Source ..read more

IT’S JUST SKIN, SILLY! ISBN 9781733547413 | hardcover | $18.99 | publication date Jul 2023 Pre-Order Hi!! I’m Epi Dermis, but my friends just call me Skin! Raise your hands if you sweat, tan, itch, have hair, or have freckles! I’ve been feeling pretty sensitive lately because everybody has something to say about me. But people don’t always tell the truth. My color doesn’t make me fast, strong... Source ..read more

Bees are a vital part of life on Earth. The UN launched World Bee Day in 2018 to show us just how vital. Without pollinators like bees, “would equal a world without food diversity – no blueberries, coffee, chocolate, cucumbers and so much more.” We’re celebrating #WorldBeeDay by pointing you toward some of our books that highlight just how important bees are. And we’ll share some organizations... Source ..read more

Fall is in the air here (translation: I’m already cold). As the calendar pages start falling away on 2021, we thought it’d be a good time to give you all a little sneak peek at our upcoming titles— many of which are available for pre-order. We’re excited to add more books from one of our favorite children’s authors, Niki Daly, our very first young adult book in translation, and a new addition to... Source ..read more

TODAY IS TOMORROW ISBN 9781946395672 | paperback | $17.95 | publication date April 2022 Pre-Order: (coming soon) Following up on her award-winning memoir, A Road Called Down on Both Sides: Growing up in Ethiopia and America, Caroline Kurtz explores her difficult marriage to her childhood sweetheart and their attempts to make their way in the world as missionaries in East Africa. By 1996... Source ..read more

We lost civil rights hero and U.S. Representative John Lewis this week, who died on July 17 at the age of 80. You should go and read everything he’s ever written, but in the meantime, read this Brain Pickings feature and ten of his best quotes on getting into “good trouble.” THE FARM Here at Catalyst, we celebrated the South African release of Max Annas’ thriller The Farm (translated by Rachel... Source ..read more

This is a time for listening, yes, but it is also a time for doing. But remember, what doing looks like for you could look vastly different from someone else. Movements are made of lots of individual roles, and you, like many of us, will need to find your part to play. And that requires a deeper understanding of the world around you. We believe that voices and texts are powerful ways of gaining... Source ..read more

Our weekly round-up of literary news here at Catalyst and beyond, is brought to you by our intern Naomi Valenzuela. Naomi is from Phoenix, Arizona and El Paso, Texas, and is majoring in Creative Writing and minoring in English & American Literature at the University of Texas, El Paso, with plans of working in the publishing business after graduation There’s an article over at The New Yorker about... Source ..read more