03232cam a2200349 4500 130166684 TxAuBib 20080925120000.0 080201s2008||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2008004498 9780446407410 0446407410 (OCoLC)191865523 DLC DLC YDX BAKER BTCTA YDXCP UPZ EPL ZJI TxAuBib Myron, Vicki. Dewey [ANF] : a small-town library cat who touched the world / Vicki Myron, with Bret Witter. 1st ed. New York : Grand Central Pub., 2008. viii, 277 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. IMO: Mary Barnes/Groves Extension Education Club Introduction: Welcome to Iowa -- The coldest morning -- A perfect addition -- Dewey Readmore Books -- A day in the library -- Catnip and rubber bands -- Moneta -- Grand Avenue -- A cat's best friends -- Dewey and Jodi -- A long way from home -- Hide-and-seek -- Christmas -- A great library -- Dewey's great escape -- Spencer's favorite cat -- Iowa's famous library cat -- Dewey in the modern world -- Puss in books -- The world's worst eater -- Dewey's new friends -- What makes us special? -- Dewey goes to Japan -- Memories of Mom -- Dewey's diet -- The meeting -- Dewey's love -- Loving Dewey -- Epilogue: Last thoughts from Iowa. 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.) 20080925. Dewey (Cat.) Cats Iowa Spencer Biography. IMO: Mary Barnes/GEEC. Witter, Bret. IMO: Mary Barnes/Groves Extension Education Club. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2008004498-b.html https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0827/2008004498-d.html TXGPL