6/27/2023 0 Comments Vicki myronI pulled him out, bathed him to get him warm, and fell in love. It was a bitterly cold Monda y morning, and he was piled in with all the books. How did Dewey come into your life? I found Dewey as a small frozen kitten in our book drop on January 18, 1988. Could this be the next Marley & Me? Seattle Public’s Jeff Ayers caught up with Myron. A year later Dewey made headlines again when Grand Central Publishing paid $1.2 million to then-Spencer Public Library director Vicki Myron and co-author Bret Witter for the rights to the cat’s life story. Pubbing September 24, Dewey: The Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World has already garnered strong reviews, including a starred one in LJ ( 7/08). When Dewey Readmore Books, an orange tabby who had charmed librarians and patrons for 19 years at the Spencer Public Library in Spencer, Iowa, died in 2006, his obituary ran in over 250 newspapers, including The New York Times.
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