What is Lassie Come-Home?
{{italictitle}} '''''Lassie Come-Home''''' is a story about a dog and a boy. It was written by Eric Knight. It was first published as a [[short story]] in ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' on December 17, 1938. The story was well liked. It was made into a book. The book was published by The John C. Winston Company in 1940. The story is about a [[collie]] named Lassie who travels hundreds of miles to get to the boy she loves. In 1943, [[MGM]] made the story into a movie called ''[[Lassie Come Home (movie)|Lassie Come Home]]''. It starred [[Roddy McDowall]] and the dog actor [[Pal]]. The Lassie character became very famous. She was the main character in other movies during the 1940s. In the middle 1950s, she became the main character in the [[television series]] ''[[Lassie (TV series)|Lassie]]''. [[Category:Short stories]] [[Category:Books about dogs]] [[Category:1938 books]] {{lit-stub}}