Cat Tales is a subscription-type service based in the Monroe School District where teachers can sign up to have a box of books delivered to their classroom periodically. The free books are provided by the Monroe Public School Foundation (MPSF) in partnership with the Monroe Public Library and are meant for teachers and students to keep.

This project was developed with previous superintendent Dr. Smith and MPSF executive director Sue Skillen to get free books into the hands of Monroe students through teachers and classrooms. The name, logo, and colors of Cat Tales are inspired by the Monroe High School bearcat mascot and orange and black colors.

Cat Tales was created by Margaret Seaney (MHS Class of 2021) as a Gold Award Take Action Project through Girl Scouts of Western Washington. Margaret was inspired to start Cat Tales as a way to get more books into classrooms for the benefit of students after visiting a Book Room created by the district. The Book Room is a space that is open to the public and houses a collection of books that anyone from the community is free to take, but it was specially created with teachers in mind. Despite the hope that the Book Room would become a resource for teachers, there was difficulty in making it convenient because of its location and limited access hours. To bridge the gap between the books from the Book Room and the teachers in the district, Cat Tales was created to bring a revolving selection of books straight to the classroom.

Having books in the classroom increases student access to books in their immediate surroundings. Children are more likely to read when they have a choice of books that is steadily replenished and books are recommended to them by peers and teachers. Studies have proved that children become better readers with increased contact with books. Reading also improves children's vocabularies and is shown to correlate with higher test scores. Improving access to books is especially important in the Monroe community because there is a high number of second language learners and the school district has a significant population of free and reduced lunch students. Because these kids most likely do not have a revolving collection of books at home, having a source at school can allow them to spread their wings.