Reading order
Old Yeller reading order
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- Score
- 3 volumes
- Volumes
- 1956–1978
- Published
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Completed
- Status
- Historical fiction
- Genre
Quick answer
Publication order
3 volumes1956–1978Completed
- Fred Gipson’s 1956 novel of frontier Texas in the 1860s: while his father is away on a cattle drive, fourteen-year-old Travis has to be the man of the family and reluctantly takes in a big, ugly stray dog who proves loyal beyond measure.
- A short, plain-spoken classic, a Newbery Honor book and a 1957 Disney film, famous for an ending that has made generations cry.
- Savage Sam and Little Arliss follow the family later.
A plan for the whole series
3 volumes, 473 pages, about 9 hours. At 45 min a day that is 12 days.
Stages
This series fits in one stage. You finish around November 10, 2026.
- Stage 19 h12 daysby November 10, 2026
- 1. Old Yeller
- 2. Savage Sam
- 3. Little Arliss
- The end of the series
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How this plan is calculated
The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →
Every volume in order
Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
Which Old Yeller book is the longest?
“Savage Sam” is the longest at 214 pages; the shortest is “Little Arliss” with 83 pages.