Dewey's Nine Lives

The Magic of a Small-town Library Cat Who Touched Millions

By: Vicki Myron

Narrated by: Andrea Gallo

Vicki Myron follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller Dewey with stories of cats who inspire their owners and includes two brand-new Dewey stories! Dewey's Nine Lives offers nine funny, inspiring, and heartwarming stories about cats—all told from the perspective of "Dewey's Mom," librarian Vicki Myron.

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World was a blockbuster bestseller and a publishing phenomenon. It has sold nearly a million copies, spawned three children's books, and will be the basis for an upcoming movie. No doubt about it, Dewey has created a community. Dewey touched readers everywhere, who realized that no matter how difficult their lives might seem, or how ordinary their talents, they can-and should-make a positive difference to those around them. Now, Dewey is back, with even more heartwarming moments and life lessons to share.

The amazing felines in this book include Dewey, of course, whose further never-before-told adventures are shared, and several others who Vicki found out about when their owners reached out to her. Vicki learned, through extensive interviews and story sharing, what made these cats special, and how they fit into Dewey's community of perseverance and love. From a divorced mother in Alaska who saved a drowning kitten on Christmas Eve to a troubled Vietnam veteran whose heart was opened by his long relationship with a rescued cat, these Dewey-style stories will inspire readers to laugh, cry, care, and, most importantly, believe in the magic of animals to touch individual lives.

A Tale too Long

Overall the stories in this volume are good representations of the power of the human and animal bond. However, the narrator drones on at a glacial pace that made me use 1.5x speed for the first time. Hard to listen to.

Moving, heartfelt testimonies

In a culture inundated with stories of celebrities and influencers, it was so meaningful to read about the special bonds between everyday people and their extraordinary, ordinary cats. Beautifully written and perfectly read.

Great book.

Loved hearing all the stories and of course more about Dewey. I also love the dancing part.

Better Than Expected

I'm always a bit leery of the books that are collections of cat stories. I'm a huge cat lover, and some of the novels are among my favorite books (namely Dewey, Homer, Cat Daddy, and A Street Cat Named Bob), but I really hate the short stories that go: "person adopts cat, person loves cat, cat dies due largely to owner's cluelessness and negligence, former owner mourns cat". I mean c'mon, there is no reason to tell a story like that.

But I loved the original "Dewey" story so much that I had to take a chance on this.

Sure enough, there are a number of the stories like I mention above *sigh*, but there are some good ones mixed in there as well. I really enjoyed "Christmas Cat" for example, and a few others, and the surprise was that thrown in there, in between the other stories, are some new anecdotes about Dewey (and Vicki), which I really enjoyed hearing about.

So overall, I'm happy that I got this book, and listened to it. It's not near as good as the original Dewey book, not even close, but as far as the "collection of short cat stories" books, it's above average.

So sweet and endearing

I loved Dewey and also loved all the kitty stories in this book. As a cat lover it’s so amazing to hear about the lives of others and how a special kitty touched theirs! What an amazing writer!