Book Club April 2025

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World is a best-selling non-fiction book published in September 2008.^[1] The book recounts the life of Dewey Readmore Books, the cat in residence at the Spencer Public Library in Spencer, Iowa.

Grand Central Publishing paid $1.2 million to Vicki Myron, head librarian, and co-author Bret Witter for the rights to the cat’s life story.^[2] In addition to discussing Dewey’s life from his discovery in the library drop bin on a cold winter’s night, to his unlikely fame, to his death in 2006, Myron covers issues in her life as she dealt with illness and the challenges of being a single mother. Dewey is portrayed as a loving cat who primarily lived in the library and connected with patrons.^[1]