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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World | 
| Author: Vicki Myron
Creator: Bret Witter
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $10.99
You Save: $9.00 (45%)
Rating:  142 reviews
Sales Rank: 15
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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| Customer Reviews: Read 137 more reviews...
 Heartwarming! November 23, 2008
Minnie Bourque (Denver, CO USA)
A most heartwarming story. Uplifting and hopeful for both animals and humans! Delightful reading. I think it would be a wonderful book to read to a child or have the child read it. Enjoyable and light.
 Dewey, the Small Town Library Cat November 22, 2008
NC Hobo (Jacksonville, NC)
Cute book! Received in great condition. Will make a nice gift for a fellow cat lover. Highly recommend.
Cat lover or not - Read this book November 22, 2008
This book is not only about the life of a beloved cat, but shows that life and love don't always behave in the manner portrayed in the tv show, "Father Knows Best." Based in a small town, the story could be the life if anyone. One's life is not only what one wishes it to be, but many thing impact that life. This book goes through the time in which the economy went bust for the hardworking farming communities and how they worked through the good and the bad times. This book has sounds for what we are living in today.
Dewey November 22, 2008
This was my first Kindle book purchase and it was a heartwarming book. Vicki was his guardian angel and he was hers. Bravo for sharing his story with the world.
Love that cat. November 22, 2008
Patricia A. Ritchie
This is a sweet story of the love of people for cats and the responding love of the cat to people. If you have ever loved a cat, you will love this book.
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