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.

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 200–300 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.

Source: Wikidata

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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    The Great Quillow (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #11944 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/4
    194456
  2. 2
    The Baby Beebee Bird (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #21963 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196332
  3. 3
    Martha Matilda O'TooleSteven Kellogg Children's #31969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
  4. 4
    Mrs. Purdy's ChildrenSteven Kellogg Children's #41970 · confirmed 1/4
    1970–
  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. 7
    Won't Somebody Play with Me? (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #71972 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197232
  8. 8
    The castles Of The Two BrothersSteven Kellogg Children's #81972 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197240
  9. 9
    The Island of the Skog (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #91973 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197332
  10. 10
    Abby (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #101973 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197332
  11. 11
    Mister Rogers' SongbookSteven Kellogg Children's #111973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
  12. 12
    Kisses and Fishes (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #121974 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197432
  13. 13
    The Missing Mitten Mystery (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #131974 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197432
  14. 14
    There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #141974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
  15. 15
    The Mystery of The Missing Red Mitten (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #151974 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197432
  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. 18
    The Boy Who Was Followed Home (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #181975 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197532
  19. 19
    The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #191975 · 133 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975133
  20. 20
    The Smartest Bear and His Brother Oliver (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #201975 · 20 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197520
  21. 21
    How the Witch Got Alf (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #211975 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197548
  22. 22
    You Ought to See Herbert's HouseSteven Kellogg Children's #221975 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197530
  23. 23
    Much Bigger Than Martin (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #231976 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197632
  24. 24
    The Most Delicious Camping Trip EverSteven Kellogg Children's #241976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
  25. 25
    Awful AlexanderSteven Kellogg Children's #251976 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197631
  26. 26
    Mysterious Ostergeest (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #261977 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19771
  27. 27
    Barney Bipple's Magic Dandelions (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #271977 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19771
  28. 28
    The Mysterious Tadpole (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #281977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
  29. 29
    Grouchy Uncle Otto (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #291977 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197736
  30. 30
    The Mystery Beast of Ostergeest (Short Story)Steven Kellogg Children's #301977 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197732

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 earliest published 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. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.

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.

When Steven Kellogg books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Steven Kellogg titles appeared. 1970s was the most productive decade with 36 titles.

1940s
1
1960s
2
1970s
36
1980s
28
1990s
15
2000s
9
2010s
3

94 books total across 7 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

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.