I have an Idea!!! - ('Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World'
I *think* this has been done informally, but what do you think about the idea of passing along an animal-themed fiction book to fellow PTers after you've read it...and they continue the chain. Maybe the book(s) should be inspirational as well as "animal"?
For instance, I just read Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat WhoTouched the World and loved it more than I can say! Its likened to Marley and Me but with a cat, instead of a dog. I would love to pass it along to a PTer and have that person read it, and then pass it along to another PTer...and so on.
What do you think????
Here's the cover:
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/ima...0/28320275.JPG
(Can you see why I got the book?? The cover alone had me melting!!!)
Here's the Info from B&N's website:
Quote:
Synopsis
How much of an impact can an animal have? How many lives can one cat touch? How is it possible for an abandoned kitten to transform a small library, save a classic American town, and eventually become famous around the world? You can't even begin to answer those questions until you hear the charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa.
Dewey's story starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the Spencer Public Library. 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. Dewey won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love. For the next nineteen years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility, (for a cat) and, above all, his sixth sense about who needed him most.
As his fame grew from town to town, then state to state, and finally, amazingly, worldwide, Dewey became more than just a friend; he became a source of pride for an extraordinary Heartland farming town pulling its way slowly back from the greatest crisis in its long history.
Here is the Barnes & Noble link to "Dewey":
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Dew...6407410/?itm=2
So...tell me what you think...I even have the idea to either insert a few blank sheets at the beginning of the book for each recipient to write a little message to the next reader. (Or something like it...then when the book goes around the world, each person can read where its been and the messages?)
Hugs,
Kelly :)
