Recommended by Sue 636.8092 MYR
I was afraid this best-selling story of a kitten abandoned in an Iowa library drop one frigid night would be a maudlin one-note wonder. Not at all! The tiny, starving ball of fur grew into Dewey Readmore Books, a gentle monarch who charmed library users of all ages. The town itself, Spencer, suffered many small-town setbacks - local farms being sold to conglomerates, jobs moving offshore - but the library always tried to help people with transitions. Dewey helped, too, with his cat radar for who needed a warm heartbeat on his or her lap to get through a hard day. The fact that he was the living image of my neighbor's cat, a less-gentle but equally sensitive autocrat who has helped me through some tough days, made the book even more fun! Check out his appearance on Iowa public television at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jGpvvLmwbs .
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