Honored the Newbery Honor

When a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader. Such a reserve, we submit, is Old Yeller; to read this eloquently basic story of a youngster and his doggie in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable and deeply shifting experience.

When his dad sets from a cattle drive for the summer, fourteen-year-old Travis is still left to take care of his family and their farm, and he faces fresh, unanticipated and frequently perilous responsibilities in the wilderness of early fronteir Texas. But Travis is not alone. He finds help and convenience in the courage and unwavering love of the stray pet who involves be his most loyal and very best friend: the big yellow puppy Travis calls ‘Old Yeller.’

An enduring and award-winning American common, Fred Gipson’s Aged Yeller stands among the most beloved novels ever produced in this country, and one that will live in the hearts and minds of visitors for generations to come.