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TinyCat 10th Birthday Hunt

It's April 9th, TinyCat is turning 10, and we're celebrating with a special hunt!

We've scattered a clowder of TinyCats around the site. You’ll solve the clues below to find the TinyCats and gather them all together.

  • Decipher the clues below and visit the corresponding LibraryThing or TinyCat pages to find a TinyCat. Each clue points to a specific page on LibraryThing or TinyCat. Remember, they are not necessarily work pages!
  • If there's a TinyCat on a page, you’ll see a banner at the top of the page.
  • You have three weeks to find all the TinyCats (until 11:59pm EDT, Thursday April 30th).
  • Come brag about your clowder of TinyCats (and get hints) on Talk.

Win Prizes

  • Any member who finds at least two TinyCats will be awarded a TinyCat badge. Badge: ().
  • Members who find all 10 TinyCats will be entered into a drawing for some LibraryThing (or TinyCat) swag. We‘ll announce winners at the end of the hunt.


P.S. Thanks to conceptDawg for the gray catbird illustration!

ConceptDawg has made all of our treasure hunt graphics in the last couple of years. We like them, and hope you do, too! He says that he is quite sorry that he hasn't had the time to make a new bird painting for recent hunts.

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TinyCat 1

A glorious TinyCat liaison of yore,

Has a catalog still, with books to explore.

Her homepage is quaint and quite on theme.

Find the right library to win with esteem! (Zeph)

/lib/kristilabrie

TinyCat 2

A place where TinyCats ask for aid

And chat with other libraries, paid or unpaid

It’s been a while since 2016

But some early threads are still to be seen

Look for the first one still around,

Asking about multiples - can they be found? (Zeph)

/topic/221143

TinyCat 3

Imagine a book on TinyCat’s role in libraries,

On its shelf, on its spine, what’s the number it carries?

We have no further to look than the MDS:

What’s TinyCat’s classification? Can you take a guess? (Lauren)

/mds/025.04

TinyCat 4

A book about playing when mom is away,

Some paint to change your stripes for the day.

When mama wakes up, it’s time for a bath.

For…how many kittens? You do the math!

Besides the mom, in this book appear

The number of kittens found in our years. (Zeph)

/work/28681392

TinyCat 5

The new go-to on the TinyCat crew

Has a catalog of his own, which you can easily view.

There are lists of books, just click to look

So you can explore easily, no matter the book.

Ignore the links for art and historical truths;

The search you want is the one for the youths. (Zeph)

/lib/ZephCraven/search/tag/children's

TinyCat 6

An adorable tome with a punny name

Will help your furry friends raise to fame.

Once you’re done it’s sure they’ll entrance

All your friends, while in top hats they prance.

There’s no better book for those who incur

A desire to become a feline milliner. (Zeph)

/work/15958633

TinyCat 7

A highly relatable figure is found,

In books and movies they often abound.

They might be uptight and like their quiet;

With updos and cardigans, rarely a riot.

Usually indoors and tending the stacks,

They might have a cat—they definitely have facts.

Dispensers of wisdom from off the shelf,

There’s even a good chance you are one yourself. (Zeph)

/character/The Librarian

TinyCat 8

They are the embodiment of ikigai

when it comes to the internet and libraries.

They can uplift your mood on the fly,

so long as their fur doesn't make you sneeze.


They're clever, quick, and can sleep all day,

they're magic and groomed to perfection —

a reader's most fitting companion, they say,

and the key that unlocks this collection. (Kristi)

/tag/cats

TinyCat 9

Cat-shaped and colorful,

Shiny and bright,

Put it somewhere beautiful,

Best in plain sight.

A little piece of TinyCat,

Which of course you can buy,

Get one for yourself,

And apply it with pride. (Zeph)

/more/store/tcrainbowstickers

TinyCat 10

One catalog powering small libraries every day,

Two liaisons who have helped along the way.


Offering checkouts, holds, and self-circulation,

And three options for patron registration.


Personal, Volunteer, Staff, or Groups (that makes four):

Whatever your situation, we offer this and much more.


Available in many languages- in fact, forty-five!

Countless webinars, and all offered live.

Celebrating ten years, our excitement is mounting;

But hey, in the end, who’s really counting? (Lauren)

/work/19802955