Anne E.Neuberger

Anne Elizabeth Neuberger grew up in a small house in a little river town in Wisconsin . There she wrote stories. When she wasn’t writing stories, she was making them up in her head. One way was to imagine people and places while she threw a basketball up onto the garage roof , and catching it again and again. This rhythm, along with the gentle call of a mourning dove and the smell of the grass warmed by the setting sun, encouraged her imagination. Now she lives in a house in Minnesota where, if you look carefully, you might spy a little elf tying his shoes, or a tiny fairy amongst the flowers. Anne writes stories in this house, too.

She likes to do "homey" things, like bake bread, plant a garden, and make huggable dolls. Still, her stories are often set in places far away. One of Anne’s strongest desires is to help children in the United States learn about children in other countries whose lives are very different from her readers’ lives—they may live in houses made of mud, or work fifteen hours a day, often go hungry, or not go to school. Her stories help the readers understand why there are such big differences. Her dream is to help all children come to see how much they have in common, and how they can learn to live their own lives to help create a more peaceful world for everyone.

A Circle of Saints: Stories and Activities for Children
Twenty-Third Publications, 2009
ages 4 to 8, ISBN 978-1-58595-750-7

All children love stories and these wonderful saint stories are no exception. They put children in touch with the key events in the saint’s life, but also with the Church’s liturgical year. Using symbols and seasons to great advantage, the author creates here beautiful and meaningful moments for sharing these stories. She believes that celebrating the saints gives children at least two experiences they rarely encounter, both vital to a healthy spirituality: taking time for reflection and learning the language of symbols. Whether in a religion class or at home, children will love hearing about Nicholas, Lucia, John Bosco, Bridget, Bernadette, Peter, Martin de Porres, Mary, and twenty-eight others.

To Walk Humbly:Teaching Compassion and Justice through Stories and Activities for Ages Ten through Thirteen
Twenty-Third Publications, 2007
ISBN 978-1-58595-616-6

Here Anne Neuberger offers fifty-five wonderful stories from around the world to help young Catholics connect with the social, environmental, and economic problems of children around the globe. It encourages them to accept and think of these children as family, as sisters and brothers. This is a great resource for catechetical leaders, catechists, parents, and Catholic school teachers.

To Love Tenderly:Teaching Compassion and Justice Through Stories and Activities for Ages Five through Nine
Twenty-Third Publications, 2005
ISBN 978-1-58595-510-7

When people reach out to others whose lives are very different form theirs, understanding and appreciation begin. This child-and-adult book is designed to begin this process. Forty-four stories of children from all over the world (Pakistan, Guatemala, Latvia, Germany, Sudan, the United States, Brazil, China, and others) help readers come to feel a bond of friendship and care with their peers in faraway places. For grades k-4.

Big Book of Catholic Customs and Traditions
for Children’s Faith Formation
co-authors Beth Branigan McNamara and Sue Robinson
Our Sunday Visitor, 2003
ISBN978-1-931709-44-6
activities for preschool-grade 2

Who is Kateri Tekakwitha? Why do some people toss each other into swimming pools on June 24? How can you host a guardian angel tea party? Learn answers to these questions and many, many more ideas for sharing Catholic history, traditions and activities with children.

Blessed Kateri and the Cross in the Forest
illustrated by Kevin Davidson
Our Sunday Visitor, 2003
ages 4 to 8, ISBN 978-1-931709-66-8

How did a little Mohawk child born in the 1600’s in North America, weakened, scarred and orphaned by small pox, growing up in an wilderness away from any formal education, become a great mystic and holy woman? This book tells the curious and touching story of Kateri Tekakwitha.

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