Book Thoughts: Lassie Come-Home, abridged (Knight, Sutton)

• a boy’s family is forced to sell his collie dog for financial reasons
• Lassie keeps finding her way back home to her boy
• convo: Lassie gets injured and almost drowns

Type: longer picture book
Ages: 5-9
Original Author: Eric Knight
Abridged by: Felix Sutton
Illustrator: Hans H. Helweg

I’m not sure if I read the original book by Eric Knight when I was a child, but regardless, I did appreciate this abridgment. It told the story well and had lovely, vintage illustrations!