1905
The little red hen / Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick
Boston: Educational Publishing Company, 1905
Online at Google Books
Primer, not a picture book
1918
The little red hen [and] Henny Penny /
illus. Frederick Richardson
Philadelphia : John C. Winston Co., 1918
Part of the Children's Cheery Books series
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: Florence White Williams
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
See also 1948; many internal illustrations (or plates) reused in that edition.
Illustrations also used in a panorama (fold-out) edition with Three Little Kittens circa 1930.
Special thanks to Patricia Goolsbey for information about the panorama edition.
1927
The little red hen and the grain of wheat /
author: Watty Piper [pseud.]; illus. Eulalie
New York: Platt & Munk, 1927
1927 edition has two copyrights -- 1925 and 1927. 1925 edition published as part of
Little Black Sambo and other stories along with Chicken Little.
Earlier edition not seen.
See also 1932.
1928
The little red hen /
author & illus: Florence White Williams
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. Frederick Richardson
Philadelphia : John C. Winston Co., 1930
Part of the Children's Cheerie Books series
not seen; unverified
See also 1918: originally issued with Henny Penny as the second story
1932
The little red hen and the grain of
wheat / [author: Watty Piper [pseud.]; illus. Eulalie]
New York: Platt & Munk, 1932.
Softcover. Reformatted text and illustrations from 1925/1927 editions. No author/illustrator listed. See also 1927.
1932
The story of the little red hen/ Nina R. Jordan
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/ Nina R. Jordan
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
1935
The story of the little red hen/ Keith Ward
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 / Ruth Easthill
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 / illus. Milo Winter
Chicago: Merrill Publishing, 1937
See also 1938
1938
The little red hen/ illus. Milo Winter
Chicago: Merrill Publishing, 1938
New cover; interior appears to be identical to the 1937 version (not verified)
1938
The little red hen / Betty Bell Rea
Akron, OH: Sallfield., 1938
Not seen; unverified
1938
The little red hen / Ethel Hays
Racine, WI: Whitman Pub. Co., 1938
See also 1942 (another Hays edition)
1939
The little red hen / Thelma Gooch
Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., 1939
1941
The Story of Little Red Hen / illus. Margot Voigt
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe, 1941
Shape book
1942
The little red hen / Ethel Hays
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.
1942
The Little Red Hen / illus. Miriam Rodier
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe, 1942
Not seen; unverified
1942
The Little Red Hen and the Wheat/ illus. Miriam Rodier
Kenosha, WI: Samuel Lowe, 1942
Not seen; unverified
1942
The little red hen / illus. Rudolf Freund
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1942
1942-50?
The Story of the Little Red Hen/ illus. Miriam Rodier
Kenosha, WI: Abbott Publishing, n.d.
Abbott was an imprint of Lowe
1948
The little red hen
New York : Sam'l Gabriel Sons, 1948
"Linenette" paper. Bears note "Revised edition with new illustrations"; many illus., however, are from the 1921 ed.
1950
The little red hen and the wheat
Kenosha, Wis. : Samuel Lowe, 1950
Copyright 1950: James & Jonathan Company, Kenosha
"Lolly pop book"
Text and illus. may have been reused or abridged for Samuel Lowe 1957
"Two in One Bonnie Book"
1953
Little red hen / illus. Beth Wilson .
Racine, WI : Whitman Pub. Co., 1953
Tell-a-Tale Book
1954
The little red hen : a favorite folk-tale/
illus. J. P. Miller
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 / illus. Ruth Bendel
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1957
1957
The little red hen and the wheat /
illus. Miriam Rodier
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
1963
The little red hen; /
author: Jean Horton Berg; illus.Mel Pekarsky
Chicago: Follett Pub. Co. 1963
1966
The little red hen /
author: Evelyn M. Begley; illus. Carl and Mary Hauge
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
1968
The story of the little red hen / Disney, Walt
Golden Press, 1968
Includes record, See also 1987.
1969
The little red hen /
illus. William Curtis Holdsworth
New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969
1969
The little red hen = La pequeña gallina roja /
author: Letty Williams; illus. Herb Williams
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969
Bilingual edition
1972
The little red hen / illus. Anna D'Eri
New York : Young Readers Press, 1972
Not seen; unverified
1973
Little red hen /
illus. Janina Domanska
New York: Macmillan, 1973
1973
The little red hen / Galdone, Paul
New York: Clarion Books/Seabury Press, 1973
1979
The little red hen /
illus. Barbara McClintock
New York: Random House, 1979
"Random House Student Book Program Edition"
1979
The little red hen: traditional /
illus. Nora Sheehan
New York: Dandelion Press, 1979
1981
Not I, not I /
author: Margaret Hillert; illus. Diana Magnuson
Chicago: Follett Pub. Co., 1981
1981
The little red hen /
illus. Lilian Obligado
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 /
/ author: Emily Perl Kingsley; illus. Tom Cooke
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 /
author: Lucy Kincaid; illus. Eric Kincaid
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 /
authors: Pat & Fredrick McKissack; illus. Dennis Hockerman
Chicago : Childrens Press, 1985
1985
The little red hen / McQueen, Lucinda, illus.
New York : Scholastic Inc., 1985
1986
The little red hen /
author: Brenda Parkes and Judith Smith; illus. Mary Davy
Crystal Lake, Ill. : Rigby, 1986
Mini-book edition bears notice, "First published in Australia in 1984 /
First published in this edition 1986." Big book edition seen copyrighted by
Australian publisher Mimosa in 1997. Layout and illustration on title page and
first opening differ slightly between the two verions; remaining illustrations
are otherwise unchanged.
1968
The little red hen / Disney, Walt
Buena Vista, 1987
Includes audiotape. Interior illustrations appear to be from
1968 edition.
1988
Little red hen /
author: Lyn Calder; illus. Jeffrey Severn
Racine, WI : Western Pub. Co., 1988
See also 1993
1989
The little red hen /
illus. Jerry Smath
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
Little red hen /
author: Lyn Calder; illus. Jeffrey Severn
Racine, WI : Western Pub. Co., 1993
Interior illustrations appear to be from 1988 edition
but some reversed (mirrored).
Physical copy not seen.
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 /
author: Harriet Ziefert; illus. Emily Bolam
New York : Viking, 1995; Puffin, 1995
1996
Little red hen /
author: Rebecca Allen; illus. Bob Ostrom
Columbus, OH: SRA/McGraw Hill, 1996
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 /
author: Jennifer Boudart; illus. Linda Dockey Graves, illus. Marty Noble
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 /
author: Amy Algie.; illus. Ralph Whirly
Chicago : Shortland Publications, 1998
Not seen; unverified
1999
The little red hen and the ear of wheat /
author: Mary Finch; illus. Elisabeth Bell
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 /
author: Carol Ottolenghi; illus. Reggie Holladay
Columbus, OH: School Specialty Publishing/Brighter Child, 2002
2003
The little red hen /
author: John Escott; illus. Annie West
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 /
author: Michele Dufresne; illus. Sterling Lamet
N.p.: Pioneer Valley Educational Press, 2004
There may also be a 2002 edition. Reissued in 2011 with some modifications to illustrations.
2004
The little red hen /
author: Ellen Tarlow; illus. Steve Salerno
New York : Scholastic, 2004
23 words
Not seen; unverified
2005
The little red hen : a retelling of the classic folktale /
author: Christianne C. Jones; illus. Natalie Magnuson
Minneapolis, MN: Picture Window Books, 2005
2006
The little red hen : a retelling /
author: Violet Findley; illus. Lynne Cravath
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 /
author: Heather Forest; illus. Susan Gaber
Little Rock, AR: August House LittleFolk, 2006
2006
The little red hen : a tale of cooperation/
author: Justine Ciovacco; illus.Loretta Lustig
Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Young Families, 2006
2006
The little red hen /
author: Timothy S. Donehoo; illus. Marcelo Elizalde
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: Samantha Brooke; author: Sandy Damashek
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 /
author: Michele Dufresne; illus. Sterling Lamet
Amherst, MA?: Pioneer Valley Educational Press, 2011
Illustrations differ slightly from 2004 edition.
Page images online at Pioneer Valley Books
2013
The little red hen and the ear of wheat /
author: Mary Finch; illus. Elisabeth Bell
Brooklyn: Barefoot Books, 2013
See also 1999.