You can expand upon them, or add your own twist.A tiny kitten was left in a library return box in a small town in Iowa during the late 1980s. You can use them, but you don't have to use them. *Note: These craft ideas are just suggestions.

Such as, goof around, lounge, perk up, spring into action, wiggle around, drift off. Have the kids demonstrate some of the actions of Dewey as described in the book. Add titles of your favorites & books you would like to read someday.ĭraw & cut out a cat & a mouse. What is the best part of the library you visit?ĭraw a book shelf using lots of lines & colors. What were some of Dewey's favorite ways to play in the library? Why did Vicki name the kitten 'Dewey Readmore Books'? Squished - squeezed or crushed together or into a flat mass squashedĭiscussion topics for during/after reading: Perked up - became more cheerful, positive, or active to feel or display discomfort or distress, as from reproof, embarrassment, pain, etc. Have you ever been to a library? What did you do there?ĭewey - Dewey Decimal System, is a proprietary library classification system first published in the United States by Melvil Dewey in 1876.ĭemonstrate - 1: to show clearly 2: to prove or make clear by reasoning It is the numbers on the bottom of the spine/binding of the book) Why is the cat named Dewey? (After the Dewey Decimal System which is used in libraries to keep track of the books.

(Amazon)ĭo you think a cat would like to live in a library? In the end, he is triumphant as he realizes that helping people big and small is what he is meant to do, and that by sharing his special brand of Dewey love, he can be the best library cat of all. Dewey loves his new home, but once he discovers the littlest library visitors-who like to chase him, pull his tail, and squeeze him extra tight-Dewey begins to wonder if he's truly cut out for the demands of his new job. When Librarian Vicki Myron finds a young kitten abandoned in the Spencer Library return box, she nurses him back to health, deciding then and there that he will be their library cat, and naming him, appropriately, Dewey Readmore Books. The story of Dewey the celebrated library cat is now available for the youngest of readers in this new, fully-illustrated picture book adventure. Grade Level: 2nd (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.) Reading to Kids Books: Dewey: There's a Cat in the Library!

Pictures of dewey the library cat