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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World | 
 enlarge | Author: Vicki Myron
Creator: Bret Witter
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  279 reviews
Sales Rank: 45
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 0446407410
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.80929
EAN: 9780446407410
ASIN: 0446407410
Publication Date: September 24, 2008
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Product Description
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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 Heartwarming book about more than just a cat January 9, 2009
ALC (Flower Mound, TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just finished reading this book and I am reading it a second time. It is the type of book that makes you feel like you are sitting around the kitchen table having a conversation with the author. If you think this is a book about just a cat and his antics, you would be wrong. It is a book about the way an animal can touch the lives of a lot of people, and some funny and touching stories about his behavior along the way. It is a book about life in a small town and one woman's goal to make her library the best it can be - and she is proud of her heritage and her hometown. I know that a lot of people may not feel that way about their hometowns, and they want to leave as soon as they can, but it is refreshing to read something that doesn't trash your parents, your hometown, or your circumstances. Basically, it is a story of a wonderful relationship between a woman, her library, her town, and, yes, a very special cat. If you are a cat lover you will see some of your own cat's behaviors in Dewey. He was a very special kitty and had a very special life in a place that allowed him to be himself and let people enjoy being treated to his attention when they came to the library.
Great Book....Great Price!! January 9, 2009
Karen Pattock (Pinckney, MI)
This product was just as described and a much better bargain than buying it at the store.
THE HEALING POWER OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE January 8, 2009
S. Alcott (Sherman Oaks, CA, USA)
DEWEY is one of the most heartwarming and moving books about an extraordinary cat and how he literally touched the hearts of people around the world. Vicki Myron makes us feel part of the Spencer, Iowa Public Library, as well as the town of Spencer itself. She creates a sense of place and life, hers and others, during Dewey's 19 year tenure as the Official Library Cat. Love abounds and transcends life's cuts, bruises and loss. I was finally able to grieve over the loss of several of our lost cats, both feral and domestic. This is a book for everyone, not just cat-lovers. It was a miracle that Dewey even survived the night book drop box on that frightfully cold winter's night. There are angels indeed. A wonderful read. Highly recommended.
 I Like Books About Cats (Generally) January 8, 2009
Michael Johnson (United States)
I tend to like books about cats from small towns since I too am from a small town (but not a cat ;) tee-hee) This book was good, but not great.
I'm also an aspiring writer, and I felt that the Dewey character was underdeveloped. Obviously, the anthropomorphizalition of Dewey is critical to relate to the reader, yet the cat himself could have easily led a double life as a librarian during the day, and a ninja-crime-fighter at night. No other animal is as ninja-like as a cat ... sure others have tried, but all failed. Therefore, an opportunity to create a national hero has been missed. The commercialization and licensing fees from a line of Ninja Dewey lunchboxes alone would have covered the medical fees for cat rehab. Except for lacking the ninja connection, this book was good ... and touching.
Marvelous book January 8, 2009
Jane Austen
I am truly sorry for those people who can't see the very real beauty of this book about the love of a woman for a cat. It is a heart-warming (unless you have no heart) story about life in an Iowa town and the real change that a stray kitten brought to the people of that town and then the world. Of course, Dewey is no "Marley" (as one reader charges). Indeed, he was not meant to be. Dewey and the story of his life in an Iowa library was never boring and those who think so must find their reading amusements in other more sensational, less heartfelt places. Highest recommendation for "Dewey."
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