Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



Dewey [electronic resource] : The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. Vicki Myron.

Myron, Vicki. (Author).

Summary:

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 ) Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. 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. 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 community slowly working its way back from the greatest crisis in its long history.

Electronic resources

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 online resource

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4
UG/Upper grades (9th-12)
5.7 ATOS Level
820 Lexile.
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography.
Pets.
Nonfiction.

Accessibility Features

LDR 02646nam a2200313Ka 4500
00114250684
003CARDINAL
006m d
007cr cn---------
008120627s2008 nyu o 000 0 eng d
037 . ‡a638916ED-CE4A-4229-AB7B-5C302EC01972 ‡bOverDrive, Inc. ‡nhttp://www.overdrive.com
040 . ‡aTEFOD ‡cTEFOD
1001 . ‡aMyron, Vicki. ‡0(CARDINAL)490084
24510. ‡aDewey ‡h[electronic resource] : ‡bThe Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. ‡cVicki Myron.
264 . ‡aNew York : ‡bGrand Central Publishing, ‡c2008.
300 . ‡a1 online resource
336 . ‡atext ‡btxt ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡acomputer ‡bc ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡aonline resource ‡bcr ‡2rdacarrier
520 . ‡aExperience 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 ) Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. 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. 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 community slowly working its way back from the greatest crisis in its long history.
5210 . ‡aText Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4
5212 . ‡aUG/Upper grades (9th-12)
5218 . ‡a5.7 ‡bATOS Level
5218 . ‡a820 ‡bLexile.
650 7. ‡aBiography & Autobiography. ‡2OverDrive
650 7. ‡aPets. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)249170
65017. ‡aNonfiction. ‡2OverDrive
85640. ‡uhttp://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=95&titleID=171300 ‡zClick to access digital title. ‡7ncdl ‡9BUNCOMBE ‡9CARTERET ‡9CALDWELL ‡9FORSYTH ‡9HAYWOOD ‡9HENDERSON ‡9ONSLOW ‡9POLK ‡9RUTHERFORD ‡yClick for online content. ‡9HIGH_POINT
901 . ‡a14250684 ‡bncdl-script 5f50ee5d14cecdf591bec7a0cd5f1054cc238a4c b02439f7b9ad1bf55b720e50d8332d4a5a38016b ‡c14250684 ‡tbiblio ‡selectronic