Steven Kellogg (October 26, 1941 - present) is an American author and illustrator of children's books. As a youngster he loved the works of Beatrix Potter and N.C. Wyeth and enjoyed creating stories and illustrations of his own. As an adult, he majored in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design and took a scholarship-funded trip to Italy, an experience he claims his work draws from copiously.
Upon his return, Kellogg acted as a teacher at American university, but swiftly found his way into his true passion and contribution — writing and illustrating children's literature. Kellogg is prolific, with more than eighty books to his credit, many of which have won accolades such as the Parents' Choice award. Many of these books involve animals, though Kellogg has also made a loose series from adapting folklore and songs.
Kellogg lives with his wife Helen, with whom he raised six children, and a variety of pets, including the real Pinkerton and Secondhand Rose, who inspired the Pinkerton series.
Works
- The Wicked Kings of Bloon
- The Mystery Beast of Ostergeest
- Can I Keep Him?
- Much Bigger Than Martin
- Won't Somebody Play With Me?
- The Orchard Cat
- The Island of the Skog
- The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten
- There Was an Old Woman
- Yankee Doodle
- The Mysterious Tadpole
- The Mystery of the Magic Green Ball
- Pinkerton, Behave!
- The Mystery of the Flying Orange Pumpkin
- A Rose for Pinkerton
- The Mystery of the Stolen Blue Paint
- Ralph's Secret Weapon
- Tallyho, Pinkerton!
- Paul Bunyan
- Chicken Little
- Best Friends
- Pecos Bill
- Prehistoric Pinkerton
- Aster Aardvark's Alphabet Adventures
- The Big Book for Peace
- Jack and the Beanstalk
- Mike Fink
- The Christmas Witch
- Steven Kellogg's Super Spectacular 16-month Calendar: September 1993 - December 1994
- The Three Little Pigs
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett
- I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago: A Tall Tale
- More Than Anything Else
- A-Hunting We Will Go!
- The Three Sillies
- Give The Dog A Bone
- The Missing Mitten Mystery
- Big Bear Ball
- A Penguin Pup for Pinkerton
- Pinkerton and Friends
- The Pied Piper's Magic
- And I Love You
- The Baby Beebee Bird
- Gwot! Horribly Funny Hairticklers
- The Rotten Book
- Martha Matilda O'Toole
- Brave Johnny O'Hare
- Mr. Rogers' Song Book
- Can't You Pretend?
- Mrs. Purdy's Children
- A Beasty Story
- Granny and the Desperadoes
- Matilda Who Told Lies
- Crabapple Night
- Here Comes Tagalong
- The Very Peculiar Tunnel
- The Castles of the Two Brothers
- Abby
- Come Here, Cat
- You Ought to See Herbert's House
- Kisses and Fishes
- The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper
- Hilaire Belloc's The Yak, the Python, and the Frog
- The Boy Who Was Followed Home
- How the Witch Got Alf
- The Smartest Bear and His Brother Oliver
- Awful Alexander
- Gustav the Gourmet Giant
- The Most Delicious Camping Trip Ever
- Steven Kellogg's Yankee Doodle
- Barney Bipple's Magic Dandelions
- Cranky Uncle Otto
- Applelard and Liverwurst
- Millicent the Magnificent
- The Pickle Plan
- Jill the Pill
- Molly Moves Out
- Once, Said Darlene
- There's an Elephant in the Garage
- The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
- Jimmy's Boa and the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk
- Uproar on Hollercat Hill
- Leo, Zack, and Emmy
- Liverwurst is Missing
- A Change of Plans
- Jimmy's Boa Bounces Back
- The Ten-Alarm Campout
- A, My Name is Alice
- The Steven Kellogg Connection
- How Much is a Million?
- Iva Dunnit and the Big Wind
- Leo, Zack, and Emmie Together Again
- Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash
- If You Made a Million
- Is Your Mama a Llama?
- The Day the Goose Got Loose
- Engelbert the Elephant
- Parents in the Pigpen, Pigs in the Tub
- The Great Quillow
- Library Lil
- The Wizard Next Door
- The Rattlebang Picnic
- Snuffles and Snouts
- Frogs Jump: A Counting Book
- Clorinda
- Millions to Measure
- Santa Claus is Coming to Town
- Clorinda Takes Flight
- If You Decide to Go to the Moon
- The Invisible Moose
- Clorinda Plays Baseball!
- Farty Marty
- The Green Bath
- Snowflakes Fall
