Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World 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
Sales Rank: 31
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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.
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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 warm a reader's heart as it is explained how the Spencer, Iowa library acquired Mr. Dewey. And Ms. Myron, the author, is absolutely correct in that if Mr. Dewey had not been the sociable ... Read More
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I really loved Dewey, but I have to admit, I still prefer my first love Norton from The Cat who went to Paris and A Cat Abroad. Check him out if you never have. I actually met him at a book signing once and couldn't believe how perfect he was! Keep the cat books coming!!!A Cat Abroad
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So I obviously had to get it. =) This is a great story about a rescued kitty and the life of his momma (Myron) and the town of Spencer. I can relate to it on so many levels. I'm a cat lover myself who has rescued tons of kitties (7 now), I'm also an only child of a divorced mother who grew up in a small town and experienced the glory of Reganomics first hand! (we also had a small stint on welfare after my mom's divorce from my alcoholic father!) Now that I think about it, it's pretty easy to see why ... Read More
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ok, i finished dewey at 1:30 this morning, but i stayed up most of the rest of the night watching tv and reading other books to try to cheer me up. before i get to the ending, i'll talk about the rest of the book. it wasn't the best animal book i've ever read, and i actually think i may have liked marley and me better, despite the subject being a dog. but there were things about this book that appealed more to me. obviously, the cat, and duh, the library. i don't think she's as good a writer as john ... Read More
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This book was a Christmas present; I opened it that morning and finished it that night. It is a delightful book. If you are a cat's person, you will delight in the complex personality of this little survivor--he was found in the return book bin at a small town library in Iowa. Even if you are not so fortunate to live with a cat, you will still enjoy. The librarian is a survivor, too. This is a paean of appreciation for a small town, where anything can happen.
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