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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Overview

Experience the uplifting, "unforgettable" New York Times bestseller about an abandoned kitten named Dewey, whose life in a library won over a farming town and the world — with over 2 million copies sold! (Booklist)

Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. On the coldest night of the year in Spencer, Iowa, at only a few weeks old—a critical age for kittens—he was stuffed into the return book slot of 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 community slowly working its way back from the greatest crisis in its long history.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538744710
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Publication date: 05/08/2018
Edition description: Updated
Pages: 320
Sales rank: 136,277
Product dimensions: 5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.88(d)
Lexile: 820L (what's this?)
Age Range: 4 - 7 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Vicki Myron was born on a farm fifteen miles from Spencer, Iowa. At the age of thirty-four, after a failed marriage, single motherhood, and a stint on welfare, she graduated summa cum laude from Mankato State University and has a masters degree from Emporia State University. She worked at the Spencer Public Library for twenty-five years, the last twenty as director. She lives in Spencer, Iowa. Bret Witter is a book editor and professional writer. Raised in north Alabama, he currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife, two children and his fourteen-year-old cat Kiki. His other cat, Feasor, died four days after the completion of this book.

Table of Contents

About Letter vii

Introduction: Welcome to Iowa 1

Chapter 1 The Coldest Morning 7

Chapter 2 A Perfect Addition 14

Chapter 3 Dewey Readmore Books 22

Chapter 4 A Day in the Library 30

Chapter 5 Catnip and Rubber Bands 39

Chapter 6 Moneta 48

Chapter 7 Grand Avenue 58

Chapter 8 A Cat's Best Friends 66

Chapter 9 Dewey and Jodi 76

Chapter 10 A Long Way from Home 85

Chapter 11 Hide-and-Seek 97

Chapter 12 Christmas 108

Chapter 13 A Great Library 116

Chapter 14 Dewey's Great Escape 129

Chapter 15 Spencer's Favorite Cat 140

Chapter 16 Iowa's Famous Library Cat 147

Chapter 17 Dewey in the Modern World 157

Chapter 18 Puss in Books 168

Chapter 19 The World's Worst Eater 179

Chapter 20 Dewey's New Friends 194

Chapter 21 What Makes Us Special? 204

Chapter 22 Dewey Goes to Japan 216

Chapter 23 Memories of Mom 226

Chapter 24 Dewey's Diet 240

Chapter 25 The Meeting 247

Chapter 26 Dewey's Love 254

Chapter 27 Loving Dewey 260

Epilogue: Last Thoughts from Iowa 267

Afterword 273

Ten Years Later 283

Acknowlegments 297

Reading Group Guide 302

Letters from Fans 305

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