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.Īs 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. 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. 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. One frigid Midwestern winter night in 1988, a ginger kitten was shoved into the after-hours book-return slot at the public library in Spencer, Iowa. 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. The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins DB82679. The midnight library by Matt Haig DB 100906 BR23507. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron DB67516 LT8860 BR17821. 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. The bodies in the library by Mary Wingate DB97038. 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)ĭewey's story starts in the worst possible way.
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