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Steven Kellogg

Author of How Much Is a Million?

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About the Author

Stephen Kellogg was born in Norwalk, Connecticut on October 26, 1941. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and majored in illustration. While in college, he won a fellowship to spend his senior year studying and working in Florence, Italy. Kellogg has illustrated over one hundred titles show more and written some of his own. Titles he has written include the Island of the Skog, which won the Michigan State Young Readers Award, and was included on Booklist's Books for Every Child and the CBC Books for Peace list, A Rose for Pinkerton!, Pinkerton, Behave!, and Tallyho, Pinkerton! (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Steven Kellogg

How Much Is a Million? (1985) — Illustrator — 2,812 copies
Johnny Appleseed (1988) 2,407 copies
Paul Bunyan (1984) 2,112 copies
Pecos Bill (1986) 1,667 copies
The Missing Mitten Mystery (1974) 1,603 copies
The Mysterious Tadpole (1977) 1,179 copies
Chicken Little (1985) 972 copies
Mike Fink (1992) 858 copies
The Island of the Skog (1973) 770 copies
Jack and the Beanstalk (1991) 731 copies
Best Friends (1986) 602 copies
Can I Keep Him? (1971) 490 copies
The Three Little Pigs (1997) 471 copies
Pinkerton, Behave! (1979) 443 copies
Much Bigger Than Martin (1976) 408 copies
A Rose for Pinkerton (1981) 405 copies
Prehistoric Pinkerton (1987) 349 copies
Ralph's Secret Weapon (1983) 317 copies
Give the Dog a Bone (2000) 283 copies
A Beasty Story (1999) 247 copies
A Penguin Pup for Pinkerton (2001) 231 copies
The Christmas Witch (1992) 203 copies
A-Hunting We Will Go! (1998) 178 copies
Won't Somebody Play with Me? (1976) 176 copies
The Three Sillies (1717) 162 copies
Tallyho, Pinkerton! (1982) 149 copies
The Pied Piper's Magic (2009) 73 copies
Orchard Cat (1972) 28 copies
There was an old woman (1974) 28 copies
The Wicked Kings of Bloon (1970) 12 copies
Petite poule 2 copies
Sally Ann 1 copy
Den store haletudse (1977) 1 copy

Associated Works

Is Your Mama a Llama? (1989) — Illustrator — 5,360 copies
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (1980) — Illustrator — 3,633 copies
If You Made a Million (1989) — Illustrator — 1,281 copies
If You Decide to Go to the Moon (2007) — Illustrator — 1,164 copies
The Day the Goose Got Loose (1990) — Illustrator — 885 copies
The Big Book for Peace (1990) — Contributor & Illustrator — 817 copies
Millions to Measure (2003) — Illustrator — 738 copies
A, My Name Is Alice (1984) — Illustrator — 695 copies
Library Lil (1997) — Illustrator — 629 copies
Jimmy's Boa Bounces Back (1984) — Illustrator — 462 copies
The Baby Beebee Bird (1963) — Illustrator — 398 copies
Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash (1989) — Illustrator — 347 copies
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (2008) — Contributor — 346 copies
The Boy Who Was Followed Home (1800) — Illustrator — 338 copies
The Invisible Moose (2006) — Illustrator — 330 copies
The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry (2008) — Afterword — 301 copies
Yankee Doodle (1976) — Illustrator — 226 copies
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (2004) — Illustrator — 224 copies
Clorinda (2003) — Illustrator — 216 copies
Frogs Jump: A Counting Book (1996) — Illustrator — 207 copies
The Rattlebang Picnic (1994) — Illustrator — 203 copies
Parents in the Pigpen, Pigs in the Tub (1993) — Illustrator — 194 copies
The Great Christmas Kidnapping Caper (1975) — Illustrator — 188 copies
The Great Quillow (1944) — Illustrator, some editions — 179 copies
Barney Bipple's Magic Dandelions (Picture Puffin) (1800) — Illustrator — 139 copies
Iva Dunnit and the Big Wind (1985) — Illustrator — 134 copies
Engelbert the Elephant (1990) — Illustrator — 109 copies
Abby (1973) — Illustrator — 107 copies
Jimmy's Boa and the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk (2003) — Illustrator — 103 copies
Matilda Who told Lies (1970) — Illustrator, some editions — 89 copies
Here comes Tagalong (1971) — Illustrator — 75 copies
Granny and the Desperadoes (1736) — Illustrator — 74 copies
How the Witch Got Alf (1975) — Illustrator — 68 copies
The Wizard Next Door (1993) — Illustrator — 65 copies
Tikvah: Children's Book Creators Reflect on Human Rights (2001) — Contributor — 61 copies
Clorinda Takes Flight (2007) — Illustrator — 61 copies
The Exquisite Corpse Adventure (2011) — Contributor; Illustrator, some editions — 61 copies
The Green Bath (2013) — Illustrator — 60 copies
Snuffles and Snouts (1995) — Illustrator — 56 copies
And I Love You (2010) — Illustrator — 54 copies
Come Back, Cat (1973) — Illustrator — 47 copies
Molly Moves Out (1979) — Illustrator — 42 copies
The Smartest Bear and His Brother Oliver (1975) — Illustrator — 40 copies
Liverwurst Is Missing (1981) — Illustrator — 35 copies
Appelard and Liverwurst (1978) — Illustrator — 32 copies
Big Bear Ball (2002) — Illustrator — 31 copies
Ten-Alarm Camp-Out (1983) — Illustrator — 26 copies
Uproar on Hollercat Hill (1981) — Illustrator — 24 copies
Hilaire Belloc's the Yak, the Python and the Frog (1975) — Illustrator — 19 copies
The Word Pirates (2019) — Illustrator — 17 copies
Millicent the Magnificent (1978) — Illustrator, some editions — 17 copies
The Margaret Mahy Treasury (2011) — Illustrator, some editions — 16 copies
Gustav the Gourmet Giant (1976) — Illustrator — 15 copies
Once Said Darlene (A Fat Cat Book) (1979) — Illustrator — 14 copies
The Most Delicious Camping Trip Ever (1976) — Illustrator — 14 copies
You Ought to See Herbert's House (1973) — Illustrator — 12 copies
Brave Johnny O'Hare (1969) — Illustrator — 11 copies
The Pickle Plan (1978) — Illustrator — 10 copies
Grouchy Uncle Otto (1977) — Illustrator — 10 copies
Kisses and fishes (1974) — Illustrator — 8 copies
Mrs. Purdy's Children (1970) — Illustrator — 7 copies
There's an elephant in the garage (1979) — Illustrator — 1 copy
Gwot! Horribly Funny Hairticklers — Illustrator — 1 copy

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A fun way to visualize large numbers.
 
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Independent Reading level: Grades 1st-2nd
Awards: Nebraska Golden Sower award
 
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hailey.storey | 73 other reviews | Dec 7, 2023 |
It's Louis's birthday and Uncle McAllister has brought him a very special gift: a tadpole all the way from Scotland! Louis can hardly wait for Alphonse to grow into a frog. But it soon becomes clear that Alphonse is not turning into any ordinary frog. First Alphonse outgrows his jar, then the sink, and then the bathtub! This new edition of The Mysterious Tadpole boasts reimagined story twists and entirely new illustrations. The lovable giant of a tadpole has grown into something even more wonderful!… (more)
 
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Popularity
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Rating
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Reviews
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ISBNs
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