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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1997
  • Latest Book:
    November 2016
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Full Series List in Order

The Loopy Coop Hens

3 - Letting Go (Feb-2013)
4 - Oh No! a Fox! (Aug-2014)
The Loopy Coop Hens (Feb-2013)

Minerva Louise

A Hat for Minerva Louise (Feb-1997)
Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs (Feb-2006)
Minerva Louise on Christmas Eve (Sep-2007)
Minerva Louise on Halloween (Aug-2009)

Book List in Order: 17 titles



  • "Stoeke's second book about that intrepid screwball, Minerva Louise, is a rare find." -- The Horn Book, starred review

    The other chickens hate snowy mornings. But not Minerva Louise! To her a snowy day -- like everything else -- is an adventur...




  • While on her early morning walk, Minerva Louise the hen happens upon a school that she mistakes for a barn, where she views the chairs as milking stools, the wastebasket as a chicken-feed bucket, and cubbies for nesting boxes. Reprint....



  • A curious hen mistakes the town fair for a rather remarkable farm where horses go up and down and stars fall from the sky, and when she's tired of exploring, she settles down in the judging tent just when the ribbons are being given out....




  • Hearing the good news that he will be getting a new sister from China, a young boy eagerly anticipates her arrival with his American family and gets the joy of his life when he finally gets to hold her in his arms for the first time in her new home....



  • Minerva Louise, the feather-brained fowl Publishers Weekly called "unquestionably a star," is enjoying springtime on the farm . . . until she finds some very peculiar eggs. Blue eggs, pink eggs, striped and spotted eggs.And they’re in the strangest...



  • Insecurities and anxieties fade as a group of neighborhood kindergarteners step aboard the big, bright school bus for the first of many happy rides together, in a fun-filled picture book by the author of Waiting for May....



  • What is that fat guy in the red suit doing on the roof? wonders Minerva Louise one snowy evening. She follows him down the chimney and, to her surprise, sees a big tree inside. The harebrained hen can?t make any sense of it, but young children will c...








  • It?s Halloween and Minerva Louise is as fearless? and clueless?as ever. She investigates the witches, ghosts, and goblins visiting the farm and delights in trick-or-treating for the very first time. Little farmers with pointed hats and very strange f...



  • Midge, Pip, and Dot are the hens of Loopy Coop Farm. They want to fly like Rooster Sam, but they just can't seem to do it, even though they try and try. With its surprise ending, short and punchy text, and Stoeke's hilariously expressive pictures, th...



  • Pip, Midge, and Dot are the cute but clueless hens of Loopy Coop Farm. Every day they watch the farmer's truck drive away, and they wonder what it would be like to take a ride. Finally, Pip gathers her courage, climbs into the back, and closes her ey...



  • Midge, Pip, and Dot are the hens of Loopy Coop Farm. They want to fly like Rooster Sam, but they just can't seem to do it, even though they try and try. With its surprise ending, short and punchy text, and Stoeke's hilariously expressive pictures, th...



  • Pip, Midge, and Dot, the lovable, goofy hens of Loopy Coop Farm, are back in their third adventure. This time they wrestle with the age old question: Why do apples fall? On their way to their own unique conclusion, they are first scared silly, then e...



  • This fourth book in the Loopy Coop Hens series is full of laughs for little ones! Midge, Pip and Dot are hens. They live on Loopy Coop Farm. One night, a fox finds their coop. Oh no! The hens need help. Who will help? What about Rooster Sam? No...



  • The charming -- but loopy -- hens Midge, Pip, and Dot are back in their fourth easy-to-read adventure featuring Janet Morgan Stoeke's hallmark humor and simple yet bold illustrations.Midge, Pip, and Dot love the snow. When they decide to make a snow ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Janet Morgan Stoeke has published 17 books.

Janet Morgan Stoeke does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Snow Hens, was published in November 2016.

The first book by Janet Morgan Stoeke, A Hat for Minerva Louise, was published in February 1997.

Yes. Janet Morgan Stoeke has 2 series.