He’s a mascot, an internet influencer, an author and, as of this month, a humanitarian. Dewey the Library Cat, who lives at the Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun County, was recently awarded the ...

— The contest was organized by public relations staff to create a meaningful community activity and may become a recurring tradition.

In a world where a bad dog topped bestseller lists for years, it's inevitable that a library cat would soon make a bid to win the hearts of a nation. According to Mayron, this has already happened.

“Dewey, the Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World,” by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter, has 336,000 copies in print and has quickly climbed to the top 10 on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, ...