For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with this enthusiasm, warmth, humility (for a cat), and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most. 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.
He was found the next working 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. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library. Here's a video about Dewey from Iowa PBS.Dewey’s story starts in the worst possible way. Her book is called Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. Update: Vicki Myron has since retired from the Spencer Library. The page contains Dewey's job description as well as some rules for cats that have a library to run. You can find Dewey's bio on the Spencer Library website. Myron cut the book deal with Grand Central Publishing. Of course, Dewey was already the star of the library.ĭewey was visited by TV crews from as far away as Japan. He was a video star in "Puss in Books", a documentary about library cats. He was featured in the local paper, Country Magazine, Cat Fancy Magazine, on the Sioux City television stations, in books, and on postcards. After taking on his library job and life, Dewey slowly became more famous and eventually became known worldwide.ĭewey generated lots of publicity for the library. Dewey's full name is Dewey Readmore Books. The Spencer Library says Dewey was discovered by the library staff in the library's book dropreturn on a cold January morning in 1988. Dewey passed away last November at age 19. He became a hardworking library cat and the face of the small town library.
He was named after the Dewey Decimal system.
Dewey was found in the library's book drop on a cold January morning. Librarian Vicki Myron has signed a $1.2 million book deal to write about the Spencer Library's famous cat named Dewey Readmore Books.
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