Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
by Vicki Myron, Bret Witter
List Price:
Our Price: $7.99
You Save: $12.00 (60%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $5.99 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions
Book Summary Information
Author: Bret Witter, Vicki MyronContributor: Bret Witter
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-24
ISBN: 0446407410
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Book Reviews of Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Book Review: heartwarming, happy, and hopeful
Summary: 5 Stars
Remember Marley: A Dog Like No Other, a canine greatly loved by his master? Well, here is Dewey, an abandoned orange kitten not only beloved by his mistress but by the entire town of Spencer, Iowa.
Dewey's origins were questionable as was his introduction to library director Vicki Myron. January 18, 1988 was a frigid Monday in Spencer. "It was a killing freeze, the kind that made it almost painful to breathe." When Vicki arrived at the library that morning her assistant told her she had heard a noise coming from a metal slot, the library's after-hours drop box behind the building. Soon, they both heard the noise and thought it was an animal. The opening of the box was only a few inches wide, so whatever it was had to be very small. Being metal the box was even colder than it was outside, and there in a corner of the box was a tiny kitten.
It was the most pitiful thing she had ever seen, so thin she could see every rib, and she could feel its heart beating, its lungs pumping. "The poor kitten was so weak it could barely hold up its head, and it was shaking uncontrollably. It opened its mouth, but the sound which came two seconds later, was weak and ragged." But one look into his big eyes and she was Dewey's and he was hers.
Dewey was not the only one who had endured hardship - Vicki was a single mom who had lost the family farm and survived an abusive husband. The people of Spencer were going through tough times during the farm crisis of that time. Depression, ennui seemed to be everywhere.
Nonetheless, Vicki was determined to capture the interest of those who came to the small library and hopefully make them a little happier. With the help of Dewey she did that and more. For 19 years he returned the affection of the townspeople twofold, amusing them, enchanting them, rubbing against many hands in gratitude for their caresses.
What difference can one small animal make? Dewey's story spread across state lines and even around the world. In 2003 Japanese Public Television filmed Dewey, and his obituary ran in well over 200 newspapers. His story will warm your hearts, make you laugh and cry. Don't miss it.
Highly recommended.
- Gail Cooke
More Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Newest Review
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Newest Review
Biographies & Memoirs Books
Book Subjects
- Arts & Photography
- Audiobooks on Cassette
- Audiobooks on CD
- Biographies & Memoirs
- Business & Investing
- Children's Books
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Computers & Internet
- Cooking, Food & Wine
- e-Books
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Gay & Lesbian
- Health, Mind & Body
- History
- Home & Garden
- Horror
- Law
- Literature & Fiction
- Medicine
- Mystery & Thrillers
- Nonfiction
- Outdoors & Nature
- Parenting & Families
- Professional & Technical
- Reference
- Religion & Spirituality
- Romance
- Science
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Sports
- Teens
- Travel
Most talked about in Stories about Animals that Touch Your Heart
Rescuing Sprite: A Dog Lover's Story of Joy and Anguishby Mark R. Levin
Pocket Books; Published: 2007-11-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $7.86
Price in other shops:
Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dogby Ted Kerasote
Harcourt; Published: 2007-07-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $0.29
Price in other shops:
The Dogs Who Found Me: What I've Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behindby Ken Foster
The Lyons Press; Published: 2006-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.35
Price in other shops:
From Baghdad, With Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lavaby Jay Kopelman, Melinda Roth
The Lyons Press; Published: 2008-06-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.59
Price in other shops:
Lost & Foundby Jacqueline Sheehan
Avon A; Published: 2007-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.44
Price in other shops:
Bad Dogs Have More Fun: Selected Writings on Family, Animals, and Life from The Philadelphia Inquirerby John Grogan
Vanguard Press; Published: 2007-09-17; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $0.59
Price in other shops:
Good Dog. Stay.by Anna Quindlen
Random House; Published: 2007-11-20; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $1.46
Price in other shops:
Just Gus: A Rescued Dog and the Woman He Lovedby Laurie Williams
McWitty Press; Published: 2006-02-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.47
Price in other shops:
Dog Years: A Memoir (P.S.)by Mark Doty
Harper Perennial; Published: 2008-04-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.38
Price in other shops:
Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Taleby Dan Dye, Mark Beckloff
Workman Publishing Company; Published: 2003-03-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.55
Price in other shops:
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
The Christmas Sweaterby Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Jason F. Wright
Threshold Editions; Published: 2008-11-11; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $6.83
Price in other shops:
A Cat Named Squeekyby Vic Reskovic
crow canyon publishing; Published: 2007-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.82
Price in other shops:
The Lucky Oneby Nicholas Sparks
Grand Central Publishing; Published: 2008-09-30; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.99
Price in other shops:
American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White Houseby Jon Meacham
Random House; Published: 2008-11-11; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.65
Price in other shops:
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dogby John Grogan
Harper; Published: 2008-11-01; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.85
Price in other shops:
Letter to My Daughterby Maya Angelou
Random House; Published: 2008-09-23; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.20
Price in other shops:
Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence--and Formed a Deep Bond in the Processby Irene M. Pepperberg
Collins; Published: 2008-11-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.75
Price in other shops:
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle: A Novel (Oprah Book Club #62)by David Wroblewski
Ecco; Published: 2008-09-19; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.45
Price in other shops:
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Societyby Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Dial Press; Published: 2008-07-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $12.99
Price in other shops:
Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girlby Stacey O'Brien
Free Press; Published: 2008-08-19; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $10.47
Price in other shops: