As of May 2012, a final script had not been approved and the option was due to expire in June. It 'sold more than a million copies worldwide and stayed on bestseller lists for six months.' While a film adaptation was discussed in 2008, with Meryl Streep to play Myron, the project was never fully developed. The book was also published in London and translated into numerous languages. Dewey is portrayed as a loving cat who primarily lived in the library and connected with patrons. 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. 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. The book recounts the life of Dewey Readmore Books, the cat in residence at the Spencer Public Library in Spencer, Iowa.

As his fame grew from town to town, then state to state, and finally, amazingly, worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend he became a source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming town pulling its way slowly back from the greatest crisis in its long history.Dewey's Nine Lives: The Legacy of the Small-Town Library Cat Who Inspired Millionsĭewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World is a best-selling non-fiction book published in September 2008. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his 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 morning 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.

How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way.

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