Steven Kellogg Books in Order

Steven Kellogg has written 94 books, published between 1944 and 2018. The first book is The Great Quillow (Short Story) (1944) and the newest is The Best Is Yet to Be (2018). Publication order is the reading order below. 78 of the 94 books listed here are in the Steven Kellogg Children's series, which has its own page: Steven Kellogg Children's books in order.

Books
94
Published
1944–2018
Pages on record
2,588 in 62 of 94 books
Reading time
43–65 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,588 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 62 of 94 titles with a page count on record.

Steven Kellogg is an American author and illustrator of children's books, born in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1941. The catalogue lists 94 titles, including the Pinkerton books, the Jimmy's Boa series and A Tall Tale, at a median 32 pages each. Animals, friendship, folklore, dogs and fairy tales supply the recurring subjects. The University of Findlay in Ohio gave Kellogg an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2011, and his original illustrations went to the Mazza Museum there.

How many Steven Kellogg books are there?

Steven Kellogg has 94 books, released between 1944 and 2018. They include 4 separate series.

Steven Kellogg Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 94 Steven Kellogg books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1194456
  2. 2196332
  3. 31969
  4. 41970
  5. 5
    The Wicked Kings of BloonSteven Kellogg Children's #51970 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197032
  6. 6
    Can I Keep Him? (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #61971 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197132
  7. 7197232
  8. 8197240
  9. 9197332
  10. 10
    Abby (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #101973 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197332
  11. 111973
  12. 12197432
  13. 13197432
  14. 141974
  15. 15197432
  16. 16
    There Was an Old WomanSteven Kellogg Children's #161974 · 41 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197441
  17. 17
    Best Friends (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #171975 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197532
  18. 18197532
  19. 191975133
  20. 20197520
  21. 21197548
  22. 22197530
  23. 23197632
  24. 241976
  25. 25
    Awful AlexanderSteven Kellogg Children's #251976 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197631
  26. 2619771
  27. 2719771
  28. 281977
  29. 29197736
  30. 30197732

Steven Kellogg series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Steven Kellogg books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Do you have to read Steven Kellogg books in order?

You only need to read Steven Kellogg books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Steven Kellogg

Start with The Great Quillow (Short Story) (1944), the first Steven Kellogg Children's book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Steven Kellogg book?

The Best Is Yet to Be (2018) is the newest Steven Kellogg book released so far.

Is there a new Steven Kellogg book coming?

No next Steven Kellogg book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Steven Kellogg has won

Wikidata records 2 awards for Steven Kellogg. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

  • Regina Medal1989Won
  • Zilveren Griffel1974Won

Steven Kellogg at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Steven Kellogg title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Steven Kellogg books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,588 pages across the 62 of 94 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steven Kellogg books, 36 of 94, were published in the 1970s.

What the Steven Kellogg books are about

82 of the 94 Steven Kellogg books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 54 of 82. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.