When Geese Circle the Moon

About the Book

When Geese Circle the Moon is Anne R. Hughes’ answer to When Robins Chew Snuff. The animals in this addition will take you on a roller coaster ride of emotions through their adventures. The poems and illustrations capture each animal in a unique way to create heroes, explorers, doctors, and lovers. These stories by mother and son are meant to help you see life in a whole new way.

About the Author

ANNE RENFROE HUGHES, the author of When Robins Chew Snuff, is an energetic writer who always tries to look on the positive side of life. She is the daughter of Carl and Mae Renfroe and sister to Jean Eickhoff and Sue Tetterton. She is the proud mother of Matt Hughes who provides the life-like illustrations for her poems.

Anne attended Oxford College where she was honored as “Miss Memory” and continued on to earn a BA in Elementary Education with a minor in English from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1966. Anne finished her Master’s Degree in Education at the University of Georgia in 1978.

Anne was accidentally shot in 1977 which resulted in partial paralysis below the waist, but Anne did not let this get her down. Since her paralysis, Anne became 1st Runner Up and Miss Congeniality in the Miss Wheelchair Georgia Pageant and named Handicapped Woman of the Year by the Pilot Club of Georgia.

Anne has been writing her animal poems since April of 2009 and gets great pleasure from each character. She hopes that her poems will make you laugh and forget the more negative issues of your life.