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| Author: Vicki Myron
Creator: Bret Witter
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  134 reviews
Sales Rank: 15
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 0446407410
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.80929
EAN: 9780446407410
ASIN: 0446407410
Publication Date: September 24, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Horrible Seller November 16, 2008
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
This book never arrived. The seller would not respond to my email. STAY AWAY from this seller.
 A book for animal lovers and library lovers alike November 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
On a freezing morning in January of 1988, librarians in the small town of Spencer, Iowa found a tiny kitten stuffed into the night drop box. The kitten was shivering and starving, but he won the hearts of his rescuers and made the library his permanent home. In Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, Vicki Myron tells his story. Shortly after his arrival a contest was held to name the new cat and he was officially dubbed Dewey Readmore Books. He seemed to be ideally suited for the life of a library cat; he was very tolerant and loved being around people. Dewey seemed to know who needed him the most and did what he could to meet their needs. He was wonderful with children and wasn't destructive. He became an ambassador for Spencer, Iowa and people came from all over to see this marvelous cat.
I enjoyed this book, but at one point, I thought it got a little bogged down with the author's medical and family problems. I know some background was necessary, but for a little while, I felt like it steered away from being a story about Dewey to being a story about the author's difficulties. Thankfully, it got back on track in time for an emotional ending. I think library lovers and animal lovers will enjoy this book.
 More about the author than Dewey November 16, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I loved the story of Dewey---what a fabulous "fur person". His story however took up very little in this book.
The remainder (and majority) of the book was an autobiography of the author filled with self congratulations on just about everything. By the end of the book I was not feeling kindly towards this and it was affecting whether I even wanted to finish the book. This cat lovers heart was stolen by the photo on the front cover but it wasn't what I expected.
 NOT HARD TO READ AT ALL: PLEASENT November 16, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Finally, someone has had the courage to write a book that's actually worth reading. I'm all for burning down libraries to make more room for cat sanctuaries, but now I'm conflicted...who knew a library could also be a cat sanctuary?
I read as much of Dewey as I could out loud to my cats, and as soon as my brother comes over to read the hard parts they will get the whole story.
Please, please make a Dewey version that has buttons along the side, that I can press to hear cat noises while reading. I would prefer purring, mewing and sleep-breathing/gasping over yowling or caterwauling, but anything would be great.
Thank you, god, for giving the world Dewey.
 Wonderful, heartwarming story November 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just started Dewey and I can tell I am not going to want this book to end. The small Iowa town of Spenser is so much like the little town in Minnesota here I grew up in, I can identify with the whole small town feeling. The book so far is awesome, very touching and sweet, this little kitten who survived being in the freezing cold drop box of Vicki Myron, head librarian, in Spenser, Iowa. The way Dewey is accepted into the community by everyone is heartwarming, and so far I highly recommend this little book.
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