Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by: Vicki Myron

by: Vicki Myron

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.80929
EAN: 9780446407410
ISBN: 0446407410
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: September 24, 2008
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Studio: Grand Central Publishing

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How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.

Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director, Vicki Myron, a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm, a breast cancer scare, and an alcoholic husband. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility, (for a cat) and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most.

As his fame grew from town to town, then state to state, and finally, amazingly, worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend; he became a source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming town pulling its way slowly back from the greatest crisis in its long history.

Customer Reviews Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- "Dewey"
I had heard from a cat lover friend that this was a wonderful book so I ordered it and sent it to another friend as a Christmas gift. She is saving it to read on a trip in a week. She's really looking forward to reading it. I would like to read it myself.

Rating:

- Beautiful Dewey
I would have loved to have given this book a five, but while it was a great story and I loved the concept it wasn't an exceptional read to me.

This story can probably speak for a large number of pet owners and their animals world wide, it does for me and my cat Maggie. The relationship Vicki had with ... Read More

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- Dewey rules
This is an overwhelmingly heart warming story about a cat that touched the residents' lives in small town America. As the owner of four of the "critters" myself, I could easily identify with the different ways he was able to accomplish these tasks so adroitly. The beginning of the book will break and then quickly ... Read More

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