Steven Kroll

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  • Bibliography:
    75 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1978
  • Latest Book:
    March 2013
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Full Series List in Order

The Hit and Run Gang

1 - New Kid in Town (Mar-1992)
2 - Playing Favorites (Mar-1992)
3 - The Slump (May-1992)
4 - The Streak (Mar-1994)
5 - Pitching Trouble (Mar-1994)
6 - You're Out! (Mar-1994)
7 - Second Chance (May-1994)
8 - Pride of the Rockets (Jul-1994)

Multi-Author Series List

Jamestown's American Portraits

Sweet America: An Immigrant's Story (Jan-2000)
When I Dream of Heaven: Angelina's Story (Feb-2001)

Book List in Order: 75 titles

  • T.J. Folger, Thief

  • Amanda and the Giggling Ghost

  • Fat Magic

  • The Big Bunny and the Easter Eggs

  • One Tough Turkey

  • Woof Woof

  • Hand Me Down Doll

  • Santa's Crash-Bang Christmas

  • Annie's Four Grannies



  • Big Bunny and the Magic Show

  • I Love Spring

  • Happy Mother's Day

  • Breaking Camp

  • Otto

  • It's Groundhog Day!

  • Don't Get Me in Trouble

  • Pigs in the House

  • Oh, What a Thanksgiving!

  • Happy Father's Day



  • Newsman Ned Meets the New Family

  • Looking for Daniela

    Antonio, a street performer who admires a rich merchant's daughter, must use his talents in juggling, tightrope walking, and guitar playing when he rescues her from bandits and tries to get her home again...

  • Hokey-Pokey Man

  • Newsman Ned and the Broken Rules

  • Big Jeremy

  • I'd Like to Be

  • It's April Fool's Day!

  • Branigan's Cat

    When a Halloween encounter with the ghost of Martin Grimes leaves his impoverished owner's hut in flames, Llewellyn, a black cat, escapes into the forest, survives three magical adventures, confronts the ghost, and returns a hero...

  • Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade

  • Howard and Gracie's Luncheonette



  • Princess Abigail and the Wonderful Hat

  • Squirrels' Thanksgiving

  • New Kid in Town

    The Hit and Run Gang - 1

    Phil is the new kid in town and he really wants to get on the baseball team, the famous Raymondtown Rockets. But at tryouts, Phil makes one embarrassing error after another. When the class bully nicknames him "the buntless wonder," Phil is so upset h...

  • Playing Favorites

    The Hit and Run Gang - 2

  • Andrew Wants a Dog

  • The Slump

    The Hit and Run Gang - 3

  • Loose Tooth

  • Will You Be My Valentine?

  • Queen of the May

  • The Pigrates Clean Up



  • Lewis and Clark

  • The Biggest Pumpkin Ever

    Desmond and Clayton must work together to win the Biggest Pumpkin competition, in this popular bestselling picture book.Once there were two mice who fell in love with the same pumpkin....Desmond the field mouse wants to carve the biggest jack-o'-lant...

  • By the Dawn's Early Light

  • I'm George Washington and You're Not!

  • Pitching Trouble

    The Hit and Run Gang - 5

    When a mistake he makes during a game against the Hurricanes nearly costs the Rockets the win, Andy feels embarrassed in front of his teammates and has trouble facing his impossible-to-please father. Original....

  • The Streak

    The Hit and Run Gang - 4

    When Brian blurts out that the error that cost the Rockets the game against the Wildcats makes no difference to him, he immediately regrets saying it, but his apologies come too late for his fellow teammates. Original....

  • You're Out!

    The Hit and Run Gang - 6

    Devastated when Coach Channing takes him out of the starting lineup, Michael Wong finds his feelings accentuated when Adam Spinelli, the boy who has replaced him in the outfield, makes a spectacular catch...

  • Patrick's Tree House

    Arriving in Maine for his annual summer visit with his grandparents, Patrick is delighted by his grandfather's surprise, a tree house of his very own, until he discovers that the unfriendly and troubled Dixon twins have claimed it for themselves....

  • Second Chance

    The Hit and Run Gang - 7

  • Pride of the Rockets

    The Hit and Run Gang - 8

    Because he knows he is the Raymondtown Rockets' best player, Justin resents it when Coach Lopez presumes to give him some tips on pitching and is promptly benched for insubordination, where he wishes he had not lost his temper. Original....



  • Doctor on an Elephant

    Excitement reigns in a colorfully illustrated truth-based chronicle of the adventures of Dr. John Symington, a turn-of-the-century doctor practicing in the tea plantation region of Bengal, where he faces tigers, rides elephants, and much more....

  • Eat!

  • Oh, Tucker!

    Tucker, Thelma's exuberant puppy, zigs, zags, wags his tail, and knocks over everything in the house even before he has had his breakfast, and while the family is exasperated with his lively antics, they are unable to resist loving him....

  • Sweet America: An Immigrant's Story

    Jamestown's American Portraits

    Bring history to life with compelling stories, sweeping scope, and a welcoming sense of diversity

    • Historical fiction helps students connect to their middle school social studies classes
    • Reading skill instruction and cross-curricular ...

  • Sweet America

    Jamestown's American Portraits, an American saga of families and friends, traces the fascinating history of America through many generations and cultures and through the eyes of adolescent girls and boys. Jamestown's American Portraits is a unique, e...

  • When I Dream of Heaven: Angelina's Story

    Jamestown's American Portraits

    Bring history to life with compelling stories,sweeping scope, and a welcoming sense of diversity

    • Historical fiction helps students connect to their middle schoolsocial studies classes
    • Reading skill instruction and cross-curricular conn...

  • Dear Mr. President

    The twelve-year-old son of a cotton plantation owner pens a detailed account of one of John Quincy Adams' most difficult national problems--the removal of the Creek Indians from their tribal land in Georgia--in a fascinating book that contains photog...

  • A Tale of Two Dogs

    Morgan is a happy, friendly, slobbery dog. But Morgan is also a nuisance -- he begs, he chews, he howls, and he’s BIG! So Mr. and Mrs. Morrison take him back to the pound . . . and come home with a new dog, Peanut. But Peanut isn’t happy with his...

  • Pooch on the Loose

    Bart loves his owner Max, but it’s Christmas time in the city, and Bart longs for some adventure. So when Max is busy bringing in his Christmas tree, Bart gets his chance and becomes a pooch on the loose! From a dance with the famed Rockettes to sk...

  • Patches

    Jenny is having a terrible week. On Monday, her teacher assigns really hard homework: Jenny has to write a whole story. And when she gets home, she discovers that her pet guinea pig, Patches, is missing! Jenny spends the rest of the week searching...

  • The Biggest Snowman Ever

    Kids will adore this sequel to the New York Times bestseller The Biggest Pumpkin Ever!When the mayor of Mouseville announces the town snowman contest, Clayton and Desmond claim that they will each make the biggest snowman ever. But building a huge sn...

  • Biggest Valentine Ever

    Best friends Desmond and Clayton from The Biggest Pumpkin Ever are back, and they want to make the perfect valentine for their teacher, Mrs. Mousely. Can Desmond and Clayton find a way to work together to make the biggest and best valentine ever? Ful...

  • Jungle Bullies

    Even bullies can learn to share.Why should a large animal get away with bullying a smaller one? That’s what happens when Elephant takes Hippo’s spot in the pond, which causes Hippo to pick on Lion, Lion to pick on Leopard, and Leopard to ...

  • Hanukkah Mice

    It’s the first night of Hanukkah, and the mouse family secretly looks on as Mr. Silman lights the first Hanukkah candle. Then they watch Rachel Silman open a gift from her family, a beautiful dollhouse with a wraparound porch and tiny lace curtains...

  • Biggest Easter Basket Ever

    Lovable Clayton and Desmond are back in this Easter companion to the bestselling book THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN EVER!As Mouseville prepares for a gala Easter celebration on the village green, complete with a biggest Easter Basket contest, two lovable mice ...

  • Stuff!: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

    Pinch is a packrat. He collects lots of stuff. When his friends decide to hold a tag sale, Pinch is horrified. The last thing he wants to do is recycle his things. But then he realizes that he can make money at a tag sale -- enough money to buy more ...

  • Barbarians!

    The ancient Romans used the word barbarian to describe people who were coarse, rude, or even just foreign. Over time the word has also come to connote bloodthirsty cruelty. But were the Goths, the Huns, the Vikings, and the Mongols as barbaric as we?...

  • Biggest Christmas Tree Ever

    Get ready for the newest installment of the New York Times Bestselling Biggest Ever series!It's the day after Thanksgiving, and Clayton and Desmond feel the chill in the air. The cool weather makes them think of Christmas . . . and Christmas makes th...

  • The Tyrannosaurus Game

    Rain! Rain! Rain! The kids at school are bored . . . until Jimmy dreams up a game for them to play. He’ll start a story and pass it on to Ava, who will pass it on to Susan. The story will travel around the classroom until all the kids have a chance...

  • Super-Dragon

    Great balls of fire! Drago wants to be in the flying contest. But he hasn’t learned to fly yet, and his family says he’s too little to learn. That doesn’t stop Drago! When his family’s asleep, he tries and tries, but SPLAT... he fails. Then h...

  • The Biggest Apple Ever

    Clayton and Desmond are back and bigger than ever in this companion to the New York Times bestselling series! As another year at Mouseville School begins, the students will be learning all about apples--starting with a contest to find the biggest ...

  • Nina in That Makes Me Mad

    Nina has had enough! What makes Nina mad? Lots of things--lots of little, everyday things, frustrations that all children will recognize. But Nina knows how to speak her mind and that makes her feel much better. In a series of humorous vignettes, Hi...

  • The Hand-Me-Down Doll

    A beautiful doll with long, dark curls and a velvet coat has been passed from owner to owner: a spoiled little girl, a farmer and his wife, a woman who works the ring-toss booth at a county fair, a chauffeur, a waiter, and a dirty-faced boy. Keep me ...

  • The Biggest Pumpkin Surprise Ever

    A lift-the-flap pumpkin search-and-find based on the New York Times bestseller! We all love pumpkins, there are so many kinds. How many pumpkins can you find? From the bestselling team of THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN EVER! this search-and-find novelty ...

  • Mary McLean and the Saint Patrick's Day Parade

    A St. Patrick's Day picture book that blends realism and folklore. Kroll accurately portrays the difficult life of the Irish immigrants who lived in lower Manhattan in the 1850s and spices this reality with a little Irish magic in the form of a visit...

  • The Candy Witch

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Steven Kroll has published 75 books.

Steven Kroll does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Mary McLean and the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, was published in March 2013.

The first book by Steven Kroll, T.J. Folger, Thief, was published in March 1978.

Yes. Steven Kroll has 1 series.
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