Dewey: The Small-town Library-cat Who Touched the World - Vicki Myron

This review is for "Dewey: The Small-town Library Cat Who Touched The World" I submitted a product proposal, however I was told that I should just type my review here! So make sure you are aware of which book I'm talking about. I got this book through the door ages and ages ago, and I saw Dewey on the front and I thought this is definitely the book for me. I have had a lot of pets in my childhood, but I don't think anyone of them have lived up to the cats we had, I reckon I am a cat lover in my heart, although I rarely get to show it. Getting off track a bit. When I was really young we had two ... more

"Dewey - The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicky Myron Hodder & Stoughton, 2008 Hardback, 277pp RRP £14.99, Amazon.co.uk £7.94 Cat lovers rejoice! After years of "Marley & Me" topping the best-seller lists, a new entrant to the pet lit genre has emerged - and this time, the star of the show is feline. "Dewey - The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World" by Vicky Myron has proved to be so popular that it has reached the number 1 spot in the New York Times bestseller list earlier this year, and is starting to catch on in the UK if my local library's waiting lists for it ... more

On a cold night in January 1988, an eight week old kitten was pushed through the flap of the returned books box of the public library in Spencer, Iowa. Despite temperatures of -12, the kitten survived and for the next nineteen years, Dewey Readmore Books would assume the position of cat-in-residence at the library and charm people not just of Spencer, but eventually all over the world. Yes, this is a book about a cat. But its much more than that. It's a light read at just over 250 pages, but Vicki Myron goes deep into the history of Spencer and of Iowa, the problems caused by the loss of small ... more