Barbara Rath (author)

Barbara Rath (* July 12, 1962 ) lives and works as an author in Krefeld .

Life

Barbara Rath grew up in Krefeld and studied biology in Braunschweig with a focus on zoology as well as human and cytogenetics . After working for the Federal Ministry of Research in a project sponsorship for research funding in the fields of biology / biotechnology, a long family phase followed.

From 2002 to 2012 she worked as a freelancer at the Krefeld Zoo .

Rath has been writing and publishing lyrics, short stories, novels, non-fiction books, poems, radio plays and stage plays since 2000. In cooperation with Buch Verlag Kempen, she has so far developed two concepts for promoting reading: the “Lesefutter” series and the “Loud reading” series. Rath organizes readings, especially in schools, libraries, bookshops, etc.

Works

Most of the book titles by Barbara Rath are included in the internet portals for reading promotion by Antolin and Lepion. Literature projects from Buch Verlag Kempen exist for some book titles .

Stories / anthologies

The Sunday roast. Narration, toggle off. Stories, meditations and poems about Sunday. Published by KAB Aachen, Aachen 2000.
My old and my new Sunday. Narration, toggling off, stories, meditations and poems about Sunday. Published by KAB Aachen, Aachen 2000.
The Little Three Kings. Story from feuerzeichen - Advent and Christmas, publisher KAB Westdeutschlands. Ketteler Verlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-927494-41-0 .

Novels

The Tibetan racing snail. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2005, ISBN 3-936577-87-0 .
The cucumber vampire. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2008, ISBN 978-3-86740-032-9 . (2nd place at the awarding of the Kalbacher Rattlesnake 2009 in the overall ranking, 1st place in the 3rd / 4th year age group)
The Brussels sprout pirate. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2009, ISBN 978-3-86740-031-2 .
Vollhorst! Buch Verlag Kempen, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86740-261-3 .

Stage plays

The sound or how the music came about. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86740-354-2 .
The school crocodile. Book Verlag Kempen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86740-358-0 .
Training pieces. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86740-355-9 .

Mini books

An unusual team. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2006, ISBN 3-938458-92-5 .
The Samson case. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86740-028-2 .
The whistle case. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2008, ISBN 978-3-938458-85-3 .

"Reading feed" series

When the Easter bunny barks. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2005, ISBN 3-936577-94-3 .
Animal why stories. Volume 1, Buch Verlag Kempen, 2005, ISBN 3-936577-95-1 .
Animal why stories. Volume 2, Buch Verlag Kempen, 2005, ISBN 3-936577-96-X .
Little people really big. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2006, ISBN 3-938458-71-2 .

"Read louder" series

How do you become a pirate captain? Buch Verlag Kempen, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86740-314-6 .
Knight aspen leaves. Book Verlag Kempen, ISBN 978-3-86740-313-9 .
The swimming trunks. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86740-310-8 .
... just an Indian girl. Buch Verlag Kempen, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86740-311-5 .
The stag beetle story. Book Verlag Kempen, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86740-312-2 .

Lyrics

H.-J. van der Gieth: Reading - Knowledge - Experience: Protect your earth. ISBN 978-3-86740-213-2 . (incl. CD; Rath wrote 5 lyrics on environmental issues for the CD)

Non-fiction

Sensory games - 44 games and actions to discover your own abilities and limits. (= child's play). Neukirchener Aussaat, 2014, ISBN 978-3-7615-6140-9 .
Farewell Games - 33 games and activities for group graduation parties. (= child's play). Neukirchener Aussaat, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7615-6213-0

Poetry

24 x poetry fun for Christmas - material collection with Christmas poems from grade 2. Lernbiene Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3-95664-783-3 . (Rath wrote twelve Christmas poems in this collection of materials for primary school students)

Performances / Singspiele

Several singspiele for children's and youth choirs were written by Rath and set to music by HP Kortmann and performed under his direction:

How the animals lost paradise or why there are brown and white bears
The little three kings
A slightly different nativity play
The fourth and the fifth king

Secondary literature

Susanne Stuhl: Lesecafé - A teaching attempt to implement action and production-oriented procedures using the example of the mini-reading "The Samson Case". GRIN Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-640-56502-3 .

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Rath, Barbara
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German author
DATE OF BIRTH	July 12, 1962