Over and Under Books in Order
Over and Under by Kate Messner contains 8 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is Over and Under the Snow (2011) and the newest is Over and Under the Coral Reef (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2011–2025
- Pages on record
- 256 in 5 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 4.3–6.4 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 256 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Kate Messner wrote all 8 books catalogued under Over and Under, spanning 2011 to 2025. Subject headings mark the books as juvenile literature and cover nature stories, animals, hibernation, winter, snow, gardening, gardens and soils. Over and Under the Snow (2011) opens the sequence and Over and Under the Coral Reef (2025) is the most recent, with Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt (2015), Over and Under the Pond (2017), Over and Under the Rainforest (2020), Over and Under the Canyon (2021), Over and Under the Waves (2022) and Over and Under the Wetland (2024) in between. The five volumes with recorded pages have a median of 48.
How many Over and Under books are there?
Over and Under has 8 books, released between 2011 and 2025.
Over and Under Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Over and Under books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Over and Under the Snow2011 · 44 pages · confirmed 2/42011442/4
- 2Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt2015 · 56 pages · confirmed 2/42015562/4
- 3Over and Under the Pond2017 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/42017482/4
- 4Over and Under the Rainforest2020 · 48 pages · confirmed 2/42020482/4
- 5Over and Under the Canyon2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 6Over and Under the Waves2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 7Over and Under the Wetland2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
- 8Over and Under the Coral Reef2025 · 60 pages · confirmed 2/42025602/4
Is there a chronological order for Over and Under?
No separate chronological order is on record for Over and Under, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.
Do you have to read Over and Under books in order?
You should read the Over and Under books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Over and Under book also stands alone.
Where to start with Over and Under
Start with Over and Under the Snow (2011), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Over and Under book?
Over and Under the Coral Reef (2025) is the newest Over and Under book released so far.
Is there a new Over and Under book coming?
No next Over and Under book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Over and Under at a glance
- Still running
- Over and Under is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Over and Under books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 256 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 48 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Over and Under books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2020s.
What the Over and Under books are about
5 of the 8 Over and Under books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 3 of 5 books
- Animals 1 of 5 books
- Composition 1 of 5 books
- Ecology 1 of 5 books
- Ecology, juvenile literature 1 of 5 books
- Forest animals 1 of 5 books
- Gardening 1 of 5 books
- Gardening, juvenile literature 1 of 5 books
- Gardens 1 of 5 books
- Hibernation 1 of 5 books
- Children's fiction 1 of 5 books
- Nature stories 1 of 5 books
More books by Kate Messner
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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