By: Vicki Myron and Brett Witter

Dewey inspired a town and made lives better. He even sat with a homeless man all morning.

Dewey Readmore Books was only a few weeks old when he was stuffed into the Spencer Library Return book slot. He immediately won the heart of the town and especially library director Vicki Myron, a Single Mother who had survived the loss of her family Farm, a breast cancer scare, and an Alcoholic husband. For the next nineteen years, this library cat never stops charming the people of Iowa with his enthusiasm, warmth, and humility (for a cat), and above all, sixth sense about who needed him most. As his fame grew, Dewey became the symbol of a proud farming community fighting the greatest crisis in its long history-and a source of inspiration all over the world. A universal tale of love, hope and friendship with more then one million copies sold worldwide! If you don’t know Dewey, it’s time you met the cat who transformed a library, inspired a town and touched the lives of millions. Sad and happy times can transform into a wonderful book.

Find your place. Be happy with what you have. Treat everyone well. Live a good life. It isn’t about material things; it’s about love and you can never anticipate love.

I learned those things from Dewey, Of course but as always, those answers seem too easy.too easy. But let me try.

But that’s only a sliver of truth. The real truth is that for all those years, on hard days, the good days, and all the unremembered days that make up the pages of the real book of our lives, Dewey was holding me.

He’s still holding me now. So thank you, Dewey. Thank you wherever you are.

My favorite part was when Dewey would go on the cart and ride around with Joy the person who works there.