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The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Grand Central Publishing
October 2008
On Sale: September 24, 2008
288 pages
ISBN: 0446407410
EAN: 9780446407410
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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.
Comments
2 comments posted.
Re: Dewey
Just finished'Dewey'.
a wonderful true story and Vicky has really seen into the heart and soul of this extaordinary cat! I wish I had known him!
Also great descriptions of people and places in the Mid West,part of this country I do not know.
Annette Murphy
'Owned' by 6 rescued cats!
(Annette Murphy 1:33pm October 2, 2009)
I've been dying to read this book. I love cats and love books, how could this book not be the best?
I can't wait to read!
(Tami Winbush 11:36pm December 25, 2009)
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