Lassie Come-Home facts for kids

Lassie Come-Home is a famous story about a brave dog and a loving boy. It was written by Eric Knight. The story first appeared in a magazine called The Saturday Evening Post on December 17, 1938. People loved the story so much that it was later made into a book. The book was published in 1940 by The John C. Winston Company. It tells the amazing adventure of a collie dog named Lassie. She travels many hundreds of miles to find her way back to the boy she cares about most.

Lassie's Journey to Fame

The Movie and TV Show

The popular story of Lassie soon became a movie! In 1943, a big film company called MGM turned the book into a movie. It was titled Lassie Come Home. The movie starred a young actor named Roddy McDowall. The amazing dog actor Pal played Lassie.

Lassie became a huge star after the movie. She was so popular that she appeared in many other movies throughout the 1940s. Later, in the mid-1950s, Lassie got her very own TV show. It was simply called Lassie. The show made her even more famous around the world.