Little Red Hen bibliography -- U. S. editions

The table is a working bibliography of known picture book editions of The Little Red Hen published in the United States through 2013. It is limited to single-volume and two-in-one titles (i.e., books with only one or two stories rather than collections). It excludes variants in which the hen is menaced by a fox (frequently titled The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen). "Not seen; unverified" in an entry indicates that it has not been possible to tell if the story is a true Little Red Hen tale or the fox version.

Caveat: This is a working bibliography. Information comes from a variety of sources. Whenever possible, a physical copy of the book has been examined. In many cases, however, entries are based on more fragmentary sources: images in booksellers' ads on ebay and similar sites; read-aloud/storytime YouTube videos; WorldCat and other catalog listings. Additionally, many of the publications prior to the 1970s were inexpensive volumes subsequently reissued with modifications -- to size, covers, layout, text, and/or illustrations -- not reflected in the copyright dates or other publication information. Most of those variations are not indicated in the entries because of insufficient information.

Special thanks to the staff of Interlibrary Loan at West Chester University for invaluable assistance locating elusive editions

	1905	The little red hen / Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick Boston: Educational Publishing Company, 1905
	1918	The little red hen [and] Henny Penny / illus. Richardson, Frederick Philadelphia : John C. Winston Co., 1918 Part of the Children's Cheery Books series not seen; unverified See also 1930: reissued with The Story of the Little Old Woman and Her Pig as the second story
	1918	The little red hen : an old English folk tale / Author & illus: Williams, Florence White Akron, OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1918 See also 1928 1918 edition is clothbound and has 8 color plates. Reformatted text and images online at Project Gutenberg
	1921	The little red hen. New York: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co., 1921
	1927	The little red hen and the grain of wheat / Piper, Watty.; il. Eulalie New York: Platt & Munk, 1927 [c1925?] 1927 edition has two copyrights -- 1925 and 1927. Earlier edition not seen. See also 1932.
	1928	The little red hen / Author & illus: Williams, Florence White Akron, OH: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1928 See also 1918: 1928 is reformatted paperback edition with some images dropped;
	1930	The little red hen [and] The Story of the Old Woman and Her Pig / illus. Richardson, Frederick Philadelphia : John C. Winston Co., 1930 Part of the Children's Cheerie Books series See also 1918: originally issued with Henny Penny as the second story
	1932	The little red hen and the grain of wheat / Piper, Watty.; il. Eulalie New York: Platt & Munk, 1932. Softcover edition. Reformatted text. See also 1927.
	1932	The story of the little red hen/ Jordan, Nina R. Racine, WI: Whitman, 1932. Cover title: The Little Red Hen; Title page: The Story of the Little Red Hen Also contains second story (titled ". . . And the Fox") -- i.e., The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen See also 1934: reformatted edition with new cover
	1934	The story of the little red hen/ Jordan, Nina R. Racine, WI: Whitman, 1934. Cover title: The Little Red Hen; Title page: The Story of the Little Red Hen Also contains second story (titled ". . . And the Fox") -- i.e., The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen Text appears to be identical to the 1932 edition, but has been reformatted.
	1935	The story of the little red hen/Ward, Keith Racine, WI: Whitman Pub. Co. 1935 Special thanks to Lost Marbles Antiques, Sioux Falls, SD, and to University of Chicago, Special Collections, for verifying this is the traditional version.
	1937	The story of the little red hen / Easthill, Ruth Racine, WI: Whitman publishing co., 1937 Same text as the 1932 Jordan edition Special thanks to Patricia Goolsbey for information about this edition
	1937	The little red hen / Winter, Milo Chicago: Merrill Publishing, 1937 See also 1938
	1938	The little red hen/Winter, Milo Chicago: Merrill Publishing, 1938 New cover; interior appears to be identical to the 1937 version (not verified)
	1938	The little red hen / Rea, Betty Bell Akron, OH: Sallfield., 1938 Not seen; unverified
	1938	The little red hen / Hays, Ethel Racine, WI: Whitman Pub. Co., 1938 See also 1942 (another Hays edition)
	1939	The little red hen / Gooch, Thelma Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1939
	1942	The little red hen / Hays, Ethel Akron, OH : Saalfield Publishing Co., 1942 New text and illus; see also 1938. Some illustrations from 1942 ed. subsequently used with at least two later editions with abridged text.
		The Story of Little Red Hen / Voigt, Margot, illus. Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe, 1941 Shape book
		The Little Red Hen / Rodier, Miriam, illus. Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe, 1942 Not seen; unverified
	1942	The little red hen / Freund, Rudolf, illus. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1942
	1948	The little red hen New York : Sam'l Gabriel Sons, 1948 Rev. ed. w/ New Illus
	1950	The little red hen and the wheat Kenosha, Wis. : Samuel Lowe, 1950 "Lolly pop book"; Not seen, unverified Text and illus. may have been reused or abridged for Samuel Lowe 1957 "Two in One Bonnie Book"
	1953	Little red hen / Wilson, Beth, illus. Racine, WI : Whitman Pub. Co., 1953 Tell-a-Tale Book
	1954	The little red hen : a favorite folk-tale/ Miller, J. P., illus New York: New York, Simon and Schuster 1954 See also 1942 for earlier Golden Books edition; Interior illustrations used for 2000s reprint edition with modified cover
	1957	The little red hen / Author: Bendel, Ruth Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1957
	1957	The little red hen and the wheat / Rodier, Miriam, illus. Kenosha, WI : Samuel Lowe, 1957 A Two in One Bonnie Book Paired with The Story of Jack and the Beanstalk, illus. Charles Thorson; may be text and illustrations from 1950 Lowe Lolly Pop book
	1958	The little red hen / Palazzo, Tony Garden City, N.Y. : Garden City Books, 1958
	1959	The little red hen / Author: Barr, Nina New York : Comet Press Books, 1959 Cover illustration not seen.
	1961	The little red hen and the grain of wheat. / Nestrick, Nova, ed.; Eulalie, illus; Rutherford, Bonnie & Bill, illus. New York, Platt & Munk 1961
		The little red hen; / Berg, Jean Horton, auth.; Pekarsky, Mel, illus. Chicago: Follett Pub. Co. 1963
	1966	The little red hen / Begley, Evelyn M., auth.; Hauge, Carl and Mary, illus. Racine, WI: Golden Press : Western Pub. Co., 1966 See also 1942, 1954 for other Golden Book editions
	1968	The little red hen / Iizawa, Tadasu; Hijikata, Shigemi, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1968 A puppet storybook Not seen; unverified
	1968	The story of the little red hen / Disney, Walt Golden Press, 1968 Includes record
	1969	The little red hen / Holdsworth, William Curtis, illus. New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969
	1969	The little red hen = La peque�a gallina roja / Williams, Letty, auth.; Williams, Herb, illus. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969 Bilingual edition
	1972	The little red hen / D'Eri, Anna, New York : Young Readers Press, 1972 Not seen; unverified
	1973	Little red hen / Domanska, Janina, illus. New York: Macmillan, 1973
	1973	The little red hen / Galdone, Paul New York: Clarion Books/Seabury Press, 1973
	1979	The little red hen / McClintock, Barbara, illus. New York: Random House, 1979 "Random House Student Book Program Edition"
	1979	The little red hen: traditional / Sheehan, Nora, illus. New York: Dandelion Press, 1979
	1981	Not I, not I / Hillert, Margaret, auth.; Magnuson, Diana, illus. Chicago: Follett Pub. Co., 1981
	1981	The little red hen / Obligado, Lilian, illus. Racine, WI: Western, 1981 See also 1942, 1954, 1966 for other Golden Books editions
	1981	The Sesame Street players present The Little Red Hen : featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street muppets / / Kingsley, Emily Perl, auth.; Cooke, Tom, illus. Racine, WI: Western Pub. Co., in conjunction with Children's Television Workshop, 1981 Little Red Hen story presented as a play within a frame story. Edition seen copyright 1983; 1981 edition not verified
	1983	Little red hen / Kincaid, Lucy, auth.; Kincaid, Eric, illus. Windermere, FL : Rourke Corp., 1983 Originally published in the UK in 1978?
	1983	The little red hen : an old story / Zemach, Margot, illus. New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1983
	1984	The little red hen / Rosenberg, Amye Racine, WI: Western Pub. Co., 1984 A Golden Storytime Book
	1984	The little red hen / Schmidt, Karen New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1984 Pudgy Pals series; board book
	1985	The little red hen / McKissack, Pat & Fredrick, auths.; Hockerman, Dennis, illus. Chicago : Childrens Press, 1985
	1985?	The little red hen / Author: Parkes, Brenda, and Judith Smith, auths.; Davy, Mary, illus Crystal Lake, Ill. : Distributed by Rigby, 1987, c1985 Originally published in Australia in 1984?
	1985	The little red hen / McQueen, Lucinda, illus. New York : Scholastic Inc., 1985
	1988	Little red hen / Calder, Lyn, auth.; Severn, Jeffrey, illus. Racine, WI : Western Pub. Co., 1988 Two covers seen: Golden Tell-A-Tale and Golden Super Shape Classic
	1989	The little red hen / Smath, Jerry, illus. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1989
	1989	The little red hen : a retelling of a classic tale / Velthuijs, Max Lexington, MA: D.C. Heath, 1989
	1993	Richard Scarry's The Little Red Hen. / Scarry, Richard Racine, WI : Western Pub. Co., 1993 A little nugget book; 10 cm.; board book
	1993	The little red hen / Barton, Byron New York : HarperCollins, 1993
	1995	The little red hen / Drotleff, David St. Petersburg, FL: Willowisp Press, 1995
	1995	The little red hen / Ziefert, Harriet, auth.; Bolam, Emily, illus. New York : Viking, 1995; Puffin, 1995
	1996	Little red hen / Allen, Rebecca, auth.; Ostrom, Bob, illus. Columbus, OH: SRA/McGraw Hill, 1996 Spanish edition seen. Originally? published in English.
	1997	The little red hen / Dijs, Carla New York: Little Simon, 1997 Pop-up book Not seen; unverified
	1997	Little red hen / Lyon, Tammie, Lincolnwood, IL : Publications International, 1997 Leap frog lift-a-flap; Board book Not seen; unverified
	1998	Little red hen / Boudart, Jennifer, auth.; Graves, Linda Dockey, illus.; Noble, Marty, illus. Lincolnwood, IL: Publications International, 1997 1998 edition (shown) does not list Marty Noble in credits; a 1994 "Play-a-Sound" edition illustrated by Graves does not list Boudart as author; 1998 edition: Little Classics; subtitled "A tale of hard work"
	1998	The little red hen : a traditional tale / Algie, Amy, auth.; Whirly, Ralph, illus. Chicago : Shortland Publications, 1998 Not seen; unverified
	1999	The little red hen and the ear of wheat / Finch, Mary, auth.; Bell, Elisabeth, illus. Brooklyn: Barefoot Books, 1999 See also 2013.
	2000	The little red hen / Author: Trussell-Cullen, Alan.; Smith, David Preston. Carlsbad, CA : Dominie Press, 2000 [also 1999?] Not seen; unverified
	2002	The little red hen / Ottolenghi, Carol, auth.; Holladay, Reggie, illus. Columbus, OH: School Specialty Publishing/Brighter Child, 2002
	2002	The little red hen / Michele Dufresne, auth.; Sterling Lamet, il. Amherst, MA?: Pioneer Valley Educational Press, 2002? Not seen; Appears to have been recopyrighted and reissued in 2011.
	2003	The little red hen / Escott, John, auth.; West, Annie, illus. Columbus, OH: Gingham Press/McGraw-Hill, 2003. Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Brimax/Autumn Publishing
	2004	The little red hen / Downard, Barry New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004
	2004	The little red hen / Tarlow, Ellen, auth.; Salerno, Steve, illus. New York : Scholastic, 2004 23 words Not seen; unverified
	2005	The little red hen : a retelling of the classic folktale / Jones, Christianne C., auth.; Magnuson, Natalie, illus. Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window Books, 2005
	2006	The little red hen : a retelling / Findley, Violet, auth.; Cravath, Lynne, illus. New York: Scholastic, 2006
	2006	The little red hen / Pinkney, Jerry, New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2006
	2006	The little red hen : an old fable / Forest, Heather, auth.; Gaber, Susan, illus. Little Rock, AR: August House LittleFolk, 2006
	2006	The little red hen / Donehoo, Timothy S., auth.; Elizalde, Marcelo, illus. Des Moines, IA : Meredith Books, 2006 Title also listed as My Turn, your turn : the little red hen
	2010	The red hen/ Emberley, Rebecca, auth; Emberley, Ed, illus. New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2010
	2010	The little red hen / Author: Brooke, Samantha, auth.; Damashek, Sandy, auth. WorldCat:"Based on the television series Super WHY!, created by Angela C. Santomero, as seen on PBS KIDS. / text based on the script written by Sandy Damashek ; adapted by Samantha Brooke ; cover illustration by MJ Illustrations New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2010 Not seen; unverified
	2011	The little red hen / Michele Dufresne, auth.; Sterling Lamet, il. Amherst, MA?: Pioneer Valley Educational Press, 2011 Possibly a revised or recopyrighted version of the 2002 edition. Page images online at Pioneer Valley Books
	2013	The little red hen and the ear of wheat / Finch, Mary, auth.; Bell, Elisabeth, illus. Brooklyn: Barefoot Books, 2013 See also 1999.