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Steven Kellogg Children's Books in Order

Steven Kellogg Children's by Steven Kellogg contains 78 books, published between 1944 and 2013. The first book is The Great Quillow (Short Story) (1944) and the newest is The Green Bath (Short Story) (2013). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
78
Published
1944–2013
Pages on record
2,187 in 51 of 78 books
Reading time
36–55 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,187 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 51 of 78 titles with a page count on record.

See all 78 books in order Printable Steven Kellogg Children's checklist

Steven Kellogg Children's collects the picture books and short stories credited to Steven Kellogg. The series runs to 78 titles published between 1944 and 2013, from The Great Quillow (1944) to The Green Bath (2013). Animals, friendship, family life, bears, fairy tales and magic recur as subjects, and several entries are told in rhyme. At a median 32 pages, the books sit at picture-book length. Publication peaked in the 1970s.

How many Steven Kellogg Children's books are there?

Steven Kellogg Children's has 78 books, released between 1944 and 2013.

Steven Kellogg Children's Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 78 Steven Kellogg Children's 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. Cover of The Great Quillow (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 1 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1944)
  2. Cover of The Baby Beebee Bird (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 2 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1963)
  3. Cover of The Wicked Kings of Bloon by Steven Kellogg, book 5 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1970)
  4. Cover of Can I Keep Him? (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 6 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1971)
  5. Cover of The castles Of The Two Brothers by Steven Kellogg, book 8 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1972)
  6. Cover of The Island of the Skog (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 9 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1973)
  7. Cover of Abby (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 10 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1973)
  8. Cover of Kisses and Fishes (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 12 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1974)
  9. Cover of The Missing Mitten Mystery (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 13 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1974)
  10. Cover of The Mystery of The Missing Red Mitten (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg (1974)
  11. Cover of There Was an Old Woman by Steven Kellogg, book 16 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1974)
  12. Cover of Best Friends (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 17 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1975)
  13. Cover of The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg (1975)
  14. Cover of The Smartest Bear and His Brother Oliver (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg (1975)
  15. Cover of You Ought to See Herbert's House by Steven Kellogg, book 22 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1975)
  16. Cover of Much Bigger Than Martin (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 23 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1976)
  17. Cover of Grouchy Uncle Otto (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 29 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1977)
  18. Cover of The Mystery Beast of Ostergeest (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 30 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series
  19. Cover of Mystery of the Magic Green (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 32 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1978)
  20. Cover of Millicent the Magnificent (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 33 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1978)
  21. Cover of The Pickle Plan (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 34 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1978)
  22. Cover of Once Said Darlene (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 36 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1979)
  23. Cover of Jill the Pill (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 37 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series (1979)
  24. Cover of There's an Elephant in the Garage (Short Story) by Steven Kellogg, book 38 of the Steven Kellogg Children's series
  1. 1
    The Great Quillow (Short Story)1944 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/4
    194456
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  2. 2
    The Baby Beebee Bird (Short Story)1963 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    196332
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  3. 3
    Martha Matilda O'Toole1969 · confirmed 1/4
    1969–
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  4. 4
    Mrs. Purdy's Children1970 · confirmed 1/4
    1970–
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  5. 5
    The Wicked Kings of Bloon1970 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197032
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  6. 6
    Can I Keep Him? (Short Story)1971 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197132
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  7. 7
    Won't Somebody Play with Me? (Short Story)1972 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197232
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  8. 8
    The castles Of The Two Brothers1972 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197240
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  9. 9
    The Island of the Skog (Short Story)1973 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197332
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  10. 10
    Abby (Short Story)1973 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197332
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  11. 11
    Mister Rogers' Songbook1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  12. 12
    Kisses and Fishes (Short Story)1974 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197432
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  13. 13
    The Missing Mitten Mystery (Short Story)1974 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197432
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  14. 14
    There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly (Short Story)1974 · confirmed 1/4
    1974–
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  15. 15
    The Mystery of The Missing Red Mitten (Short Story)1974 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197432
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  16. 16
    There Was an Old Woman1974 · 41 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197441
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  17. 17
    Best Friends (Short Story)1975 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197532
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  18. 18
    The Boy Who Was Followed Home (Short Story)1975 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197532
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  19. 19
    The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper (Short Story)1975 · 133 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975133
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  20. 20
    The Smartest Bear and His Brother Oliver (Short Story)1975 · 20 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197520
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  21. 21
    How the Witch Got Alf (Short Story)1975 · 48 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197548
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  22. 22
    You Ought to See Herbert's House1975 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197530
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  23. 23
    Much Bigger Than Martin (Short Story)1976 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197632
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  24. 24
    The Most Delicious Camping Trip Ever1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  25. 25
    Awful Alexander1976 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197631
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  26. 26
    Mysterious Ostergeest (Short Story)1977 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19771
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  27. 27
    Barney Bipple's Magic Dandelions (Short Story)1977 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19771
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  28. 28
    The Mysterious Tadpole (Short Story)1977 · confirmed 1/4
    1977–
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  29. 29
    Grouchy Uncle Otto (Short Story)1977 · 36 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197736
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  30. 30
    The Mystery Beast of Ostergeest (Short Story)1977 · 32 pages · confirmed 1/4
    197732
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Is there a chronological order for Steven Kellogg Children's?

No separate chronological order is on record for Steven Kellogg Children's, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Steven Kellogg Children's books in order?

You should read the Steven Kellogg Children's books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Steven Kellogg Children's book also stands alone.

Where to start with Steven Kellogg Children's

Start with The Great Quillow (Short Story) (1944), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Steven Kellogg Children's book?

The Green Bath (Short Story) (2013) is the newest Steven Kellogg Children's book released so far.

Is there a new Steven Kellogg Children's book coming?

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

Steven Kellogg Children's at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Steven Kellogg Children's title on record dates from 2013, 13 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Steven Kellogg Children's books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,187 pages across the 51 of 78 books with a recorded length, a median of 32 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Steven Kellogg Children's books, 35 of 78, were published in the 1970s.

What the Steven Kellogg Children's books are about

66 of the 78 Steven Kellogg Children's 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 45 of 66. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Steven Kellogg

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.