DEWEY is the heartwarming, true story of an abandoned kitten who went on to live an extraordinary life, inspiring a struggling single mother, transforming a sleepy library and the inhabitants of its depressed Iowa farm town, and ultimately capturing the hearts of animal lovers around the world.
Vicki Myron was a single mom who, after surviving the loss of her family farm and an abusive husband, went back to school and became a librarian (and her family’s first college graduate!). As the director of the Spencer (Iowa) Public Library, her biggest challenge was to raise the spirits of her beloved library’s patrons, the residents of an out-of-the way town deeply mired in the farm crisis of the 1980s. Her solution came in the unlikeliest of places when Vicki found a tiny, bedraggled kitten almost frozen to death in the library’s night drop box. Recognizing the extraordinary strength and uniqueness of this kitten, Vicki received approval from the library board to adopt him as Spencer’s resident library cat. From that moment on, her life – and the town of Spencer – would change forever.
Dewey, as the townspeople named the kitten, grew into a strutting, affable library cat whose antics kept patrons in stitches and whose sixth sense about those in need created hundreds of deep and loving friendships. As his fame grew, people drove hundreds of miles to meet Dewey, and he even ended up the subject of a hit documentary in Japan! Through it all, Dewey remained a loyal companion, a beacon of hope not just for Vicki Myron, but for the entire town of Spencer as it slowly pulled itself up from the worst financial crisis in its long history.
When Dewey died in 2006 at the age of 19, his obituary appeared in over 250 newspapers, including the New York Times, USA Today and the Des Moines Register, and was announced on the national television evening news.
It feels like Dewey week here at Chick with Books! We started the week with a great giveaway for Dewey's Nine Lives, the book that Vicki wrote after this book. If you haven't read Dewey: The Small-Town Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron yet, here's your chance to win a copy! Courtesy of Hachette Book Group I have 3 copies of this charming book to give away! It's the new trade paperback edition of Dewey with a special Holiday cover! Here's how to enter...
To Enter this Giveaway...
*Leave me a comment with your email address! That's it!
This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents only (No PO boxes). The book will be shipped to the winner directly from the publisher. Contest ends 11:59pm EST on October 23rd. I will randomly pick the winner the next day and email them! Good Luck
22 comments:
Yay, kitties, books, and libraries! Please enter me into your contest:
Schuyler
wholewidewords@yahoo.com
Thank you! =^.^=
I'd love to read Dewey. Thanks for the chance.
dlodden at frontiernet dot net
I've been anxious to read this book since I first heard about Dewey. Thanks for the giveaway.
lcbrower40(at)gmail(dot)com
A triple "Yay!" for kittehs, books, and libraries. These are a few of my very favourite things!!!
- Nancy Ann Gazo
1bookwyrm@bellsouth.net
Thanks for the giveaway. I would love to win this.
lizzi0915 at aol dot com
Sounds good, thanks for the giveaway!
myra0502@yahoo.com
I got my son the first dewey book for christmas when it came out. We really enjoyed reading it. I think this one sounds good to.
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
I would love to read either of the Dewey books.
seknobloch(at)gmail(dot)com
Dewey is so cute! I really want to read his story. Thank you for hosting this giveaway!
~ Amy
Aimala127 AT gmail DOT com
Thank you for including me. =)
tiredwkids at live dot com
eddiem11@ca.rr.com
I'd love to read Dewey's story.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
I'd love to read this one. It sounds like a heartwarming story.
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mlawson17 at hotmail dot com
I love pets and I would love to read this book.
Thanks for the easy entry.
cenya2 at hotmail dot com
rachel.flavin@gmail.com
I would like to win this for my daughter. karasceviour at hotmail dot com
What an adorable cover! I would love to win a copy. Thanks for the chance.
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Smiles,
Cindy W.
countrybear52[at]yahoo[dot]com
Sounds like a good book for us animal lovers!
mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com
I would enjoy a chance to read this book,
Thanks!
cjay (at) iavalley (dot) edu
Please include me! Thanks
dcf_beth at verizon dot net
Cute kitty!
megaca_2004@yahoo dot com
Animal lovers throughout this household; this'll get passed around..
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