Anne E. Neuberger

Growing up in a small Wisconsin town, I realized early on that life contained many joys and mysteries and I wanted to write about them. My preschool drawing habit turned into stories when I learned to write in cursive in third grade. Then the stories came faster and faster and papers piled up. It was a good thing I lived in a paper mill town!

Now, as a writer, teacher, parent (and now grandparent), I frequently read stories with children. Often I am awed how even very young children are capable of opening their amazing minds and great hearts to the world, its challenges and joys. I write stories to give children and their grown-ups this opportunity.

My books can be summed with a quote from a very wise man that spoke hundreds of years ago: “The moral universe rests upon the breath of schoolchildren.” My work ranges from historical fiction to picture books as well as stories with activities to celebrate the liturgical year, and stories of children and social justice.