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Dewey

14 Ratings: 3.2

A heartwarming and hopeful book about a ginger cat

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter

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Author: Vicki Myron, Bret Witter

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Date Published: September 2008

ISBN: 0446407410

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review by sbales413. July 24, 2010

posted in Cafe Libri: Reviewing Books & More

A Strong Little Cat

This is a lovely story about the survival of a plucky little cat left to die in a library drop box. A librarian finds him and turns him into the library's mascot. Before my own introduction to cats a few years ago through saving three strays, I probably wouldn't have bothered to read this book. But after saving three kittens from their dead mother, this story pulled at my heart strings.

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review by Gail_Cooke. November 02, 2008

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

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 … more

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