Old Yeller is the story of a 14-year-old boy named Travis Coates who must take care of his mama and little brother Arliss while his papa takes the cattle to market. An old yeller dog wanders onto the farm and steals the family s meat. Travis s hate for the old dog soon turns to love when the dog rescues Arliss from an angry mother bear. After this Travis and the dog, which he names Old Yeller, are inseparable. Old Yeller helps Travis with all the routine chores such as chasing off raccoons from the corn field, branding the pigs, and even with milking the cow. Old Yeller becomes essential to the Coates family, saving their lives time and again.Recommended in Kolbe Elementary LiteraturePublisher: HarperCollins Author: Fred GipsonAges: 18 and upFormat: 144 pages, paperback ISBN:
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