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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World |  | Authors: Vicki Myron, Bret Witter
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  576 reviews
Sales Rank: 7339
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 277
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0446407410
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.800929
EAN: 9780446545167
ASIN: 0446407410
Publication Date: September 24, 2008
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 Wonderful True Story August 25, 2010
Theresa A. Stellingwerf (USA)
This book tells a true story of a great cat. I recommend it for all cat lovers. I have a long-haired orange cat adopted from an animal shelter. My cat looks very much like Dewey so I just had to read this book.
Dewey the cat who touched hearts all over the world August 24, 2010
Lainy (Bonnie Scotland)
Oh my God what a book. If it's an animal especially a cat or dog I will just have to read it. It's only the second book to ever make me shed a few tears.
The story follows the life of a rescue kitten they found in the library deposit box and goes through his years as a young kitten to an elderly cat and all his antics that follow.
The author also gives details of her own personal life and the history of the town and some facts about the library.
Such a good read, I would recommend to any animal lover and even those who aren't I would still say give it a shot
One of the best true pet stories I've read August 14, 2010
Nina M. Osier (Augusta, ME USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
One morning in the little town of Spencer, Iowa, it is 15 degrees below zero. Library director Vicki Myron, a single mother who has survived divorce, welfare, and a daunting series of medical problems, feels an instant kinship with the tiny kitten she finds inside the freezing cold book drop. Who pushed the little cat in there, and how did he survive that bitter night with no worse damage than frostbitten paws? What definitely isn't damaged is the kitten's spirit. He responds to the deeply touched library staff with love and trust, and before the day ends Vicki has made up her mind to keep him. After all, isn't having a library cat a very old tradition? Luckily her library's board agrees, and Dewey Readmore Books has an almost magical effect on the patrons. He brings the library's sometimes divided staff together, and their use statistics soar as people learn about Spencer's very special cat. Who belongs to the whole town, and knows it; but who makes up his mind from the beginning that he belongs first of all to Vicki.
In the course of his long life (and it is a long one for a feline), Dewey inspires more magazine and newspaper articles than the library even knows about. He appears on U.S. television and radio, and even attracts a Japanese documentary film crew all the way from Tokyo. Families drive for hours to visit him. As Vicki's life goes on, through the challenges of raising her daughter alone - through rising in her profession, meeting its challenges, and surviving still more medical crises - Dewey is always there for her, and she is always there for Dewey. Their relationship, remarkable in one sense yet familiar to anyone who has ever genuinely loved a pet, lies at this heartwarming tale's center. Delightful!
--Reviewed by Nina M. Osier, author of "Tabitha June Is a Shoulder Cat"
Another victory for cat lovers July 26, 2010
Alanda Whelan (Apple Valley CA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love all animals especially cats, wolves and owls. This was a wonderfully warm and touching story of a loving relationship that might never had been. If "Dewey" had not been found and adopted, one wonders how different the lives of those he touched might have been. And this book brings that story to a huge audience for sharing with a world filled with lovers of cats and books and children.
heartwarming story July 23, 2010
coolpharmacist
This story is a great read for anyone of any age. It is especially touching if you are an animal lover like me. It is moving all the way through and Dewey absolutely captures your heart.
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