Flash the Sheep Dog

By Kathleen Fidler

Book Overview

A children's classic story about the love between a boy and his dog.

Orphan Tom has been sent to live in the Scottish Borders with an uncle and aunt he's never met.

But a remote sheep farm in Scotland is a different world from his home in London. Tom is lonely and struggles to fit in with strange new people and their odd ways, until his uncle gives him a sheep dog puppy called Flash.

Flash is loving, clever and brave and Tom is determined to make him the best sheepdog he can be -- perhaps even a champion But when the day of the competition arrives Tom faces a difficult decision -- will he leave his new life, and Flash, behind?

In this true classic by much-loved children's author Kathleen Fidler, a young boy discovers friendship, acceptance and a new home in the Scottish Borders through his love for his best friend, Flash.

Adapted for the big screen in 1966, Flash the Sheepdog remains an unrivalled portrait of rural Scotland and is a story that has been loved by generations of children.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782504923
• ISBN13: 9781782504924
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Kelpies
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

Customer Reviews

great read for kids and adults

I ordered this book for my son, who is 8 and a good reader, because he loves collies and stories about collies. We also have a collie he wants to teach to herd. He devoured this book--couldn't put it down, and then he wanted to read it to me, which he did. It is a great story of a lonely orphan boy who finds his place in a new home (and country) as he raises and trains a sheepdog. It has suspense and is very heart-warming. My son loves it so much, he has begun reading it a third time, second time aloud, so the whole family can enjoy it (daddy was out of town the first 2 readings). Dog lovers will enjoy it. More than a simple chapter book.