![]() ![]() ![]() She has served on the Executive Board of the Iowa Library Association, on numerous statewide advisory panels, and is a library management instructor in the Iowa library system. She retired in 2007 in order to write Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World. In 1987, she was named director of Spencer public library and held that position for over 25 years. In 1982, she started working at the Spencer public library as an assistant librarian. She received a bachelor's degree from Mankato State University and a master's degree from Emporia State University. 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. 126132 EN Dewey Readmore Books, the resident cat at Spencer Public Library. On the coldest night of the year in Spencer, Iowa, at only a few weeks old-a critical age for kittens-he was stuffed into the return book slot of the Spencer Public Library. Vicki Myron was born in Spencer, Iowa and grew up on a family farm in northwest Iowa. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World Myron, Vicki AR Quiz No. As word of Dewey's winning tail, or rather his tale, spread, the library cat gained worldwide fame as a symbol of hope and proof positive that one small cat could change a town, one reader at a time.Ĥ sound discs (4 hr.) : digital 4 3/4 in. ![]() ![]() Dewey Readmore Books, as he became known, quickly embraced his home inside Spencer's public library, charming the struggling small town's library-goers. Abandoned in a library book drop slot in the dead of winter, a remarkable kitten miraculously endured the coldest night of the year. ![]()
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