Back in May I began reading Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron. I bought this book because Dewey looks an awful lot like my little Simba. I knew, from the moment I began reading the first chapter, that this book was destined to bring me great joy.
Although it too me way longer to read than it should have, no words can express the emotion that Dewey brought as I read through the book. From giggling out loud to shedding tears, this book is a must-read for anyone who has a beloved pet. The best way to sum up this book is to leave you with a few of my favorite quotes.
“How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch?”
“What I couldn’t believe was how much Dewey loved us. How comfortable he seemed around strangers. His attitude seemed to be, how can anyone not love a cat? Or more ismply, how can anyone resist me? Dewey didn’t think of himself, I soon realized, as just another cat. He always thought of himself, correctly, as one of a kind.”
“Dewey didn’t put food on anyone’s table. He didn’t create jobs. He didn’t turn our economy aroud. But one of the worst things about bad times is the effect on your mind. Bad times drain you of energy. They occupy your thoughts. They taint everything in your life. Bad news is as poisonous as bad bread. At the very least, Dewey was a distraction.”
“His interest was people. If there was a patron in the library, he’d walk straight up to him and jump in his lap. Rejection never deterred him. Dewey kept jumping, kept looking for laps to lie in and hands to pet him.”
“People say what’s the big deal, he was just a cat. But that’s where they’re wrong. Dewey was so much more.”
I promise this – Dewey was so much more, as are so many of the pets that we all know and love. This book made me appreciate even more the companionship of my Simba, who, to me, is so much more than just a cat.
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