Dewey
a small-town library cat who touched the world
by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter
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The charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.
The story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the book return slot at the Spencer, Iowa, 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.--From publisher description.
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Juvenile Nonfiction, Library cats, Dewey (Cat), Cats, Nonfiction, Pets, Biography & Autobiography, Biography, Juvenile literature, Psychology, Bonding, Human-Pet, Iowa, biography, Libraries, united states, Libraries and community, Cats, juvenile literature, Iowa, Iowa, juvenile literature, Libraries, juvenile literature, Libraries, nyt:hardcover-nonfiction=2008-10-05, New York Times bestseller, Human-Animal Bond, Dewey (Cat.), Cats (Iowa), Spencer, Librarians| Edition | Availability |
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
2018, Grand Central Publishing
in English
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Dewey: the true story of a world-famous library cat
2010, Little, Brown
in English
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
2010, Grand Central Publishing
Paperback
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Dewey
2009, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Electronic resource
in English
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Dewey: the small-town library-cat who touched the world
2009, Hodder Paperbacks
Paperback
in English
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Dewey: there's a cat in the library!
2009, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
in English
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Dewey: a small-town library cat who touched the world
2008, Grand Central Pub.
in English
- 1st ed.
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Dewey: the small-town library cat who touched the world
Publish date unknown, Grand Central Pub.
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The story of Dewey the celebrated library cat is now available for the youngest of readers in this new, fully-illustrated picture book adventure. When Librarian Vicki Myron finds a young kitten abandoned in the Spencer Library return box, she nurses him back to health, deciding then and there that he will be their library cat, and naming him, appropriately, Dewey Readmore Books. Dewey loves his new home, but once he discovers the littlest library visitors-who like to chase him, pull his tail, and squeeze him extra tight-Dewey begins to wonder if he's truly cut out for the demands of his new job. In the end, he is triumphant as he realizes that helping people big and small is what he is meant to do, and that by sharing his special brand of Dewey love, he can be the best library cat of all.
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