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Old Yeller

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Old Yeller is a 1956 children's novel written by Fred Gipson and illustrated by Carl Burger. It received a Newbery Honor in 1969. The story is about a yellow dog called Old Yeller and the frontier boy who loves him. The boy is forced to kill Old Yeller when he contracts rabies. In 1957, Walt Disney released a movie adaptation starring Tommy Kirk, Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, and Beverly Washburn.


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