After a decade and a half of research, interviews, photo hunts, clippings, and collecting personal stories, Stephen Chapis’ long-awaited book, POOR LITTLE LAMBS: The Baa Baa Black Sheep Story, is finally here—officially hitting shelves today, September 21, 2025. The timing couldn’t be more fitting. September 21 marks the 49th anniversary of FLYING MISFITS, the two-hour pilot film that introduced U.S. audiences to Baa Baa Black Sheep on NBC in 1976. While FLYING MISFITS aired that Tuesday night, the first weekly episode, BEST THREE OUT OF FIVE, followed just days later, kicking off a show that would become a cult classic for aviation fans. Click HERE to order your copy.

For many who grew up in that era, the series sparked a lifelong fascination with vintage warbirds and WWII aviation history. Chapis has revisited the show’s backstory, production challenges, and aircraft used in filming, building on his original article “Poor Little Lambs,” first published in Warbird Digest in 2013. When that article was later posted on Warbirds News in 2016, it became an online favorite, reposted every September with bigger and bigger response from fans around the world.

Now, nearly 50 years after Baa Baa Black Sheep first aired, the definitive book chronicling its history is about to be in readers’ hands. Chapis, with the help of a passionate circle of supporters, secured a publishing agreement with Key Publishing in the UK—bringing this project from dream to reality. Today, the wait ends. Orders are open right now, so you can be among the first to receive a copy. This is the most comprehensive exploration ever written about one of television’s most beloved and unique military aviation dramas. Don’t miss the chance to own this landmark work. Click HERE or below to secure your copy—your history lesson starts tomorrow.

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