Old Yeller vs On the Banks of Plum Creek: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Newbery Honor, Frontier and pioneer life, Historical Fiction, History, Children's fiction, Fiction

Cover of Old Yeller

Old Yeller Fred Gipson · 1920 ★★★★☆ 4.5 117 pages · ≈ 2 h 10 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of On the Banks of Plum Creek

On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1937 ★★★★☆ 4.2 345 pages · ≈ 6 h 23 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate Old Yeller higher: 4.5 vs 4.2 from 874 votes.
Old Yeller is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 6 for On the Banks of Plum Creek.
On the Banks of Plum Creek is the easier read (Moderate), Old Yeller more demanding (Challenging).

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