In Two Lives (Brigantine Media; 2018), Lindbergh reflects on how she navigates her role as the public face of arguably "the most famous family of the twentieth century," while leading a "very quiet existence in rural Vermont.

Her father's famous solo, non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in 1927 occurred 18 years before she was born.

Under a Wing: A Memoir recounts Lindbergh's life as a child growing up in Darien, Connecticut with her "loving but stern father”.

Charles did not allow his children to drink soda or eat candy, and he favored family discussion over watching television.

Forward From Here: Leaving Middle Age—and Other Unexpected Adventures (Simon and Schuster; 2008) tells of the discovery later in life that her father had affairs with three German women resulting in the addition of seven half siblings to the Lindbergh family.

"[5] As difficult as it has been being a part of her famous family, Lindbergh has come to realize, "You have to lead a real life in the midst of however strange the circumstances might be.

"[6] Lindbergh and her first husband, Richard Brown, moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts to Vermont, where they both taught school and had three children.

She told the Philadelphia City Paper, "I was waiting for my family to come and meet me and I just sat there and started to write this little lullaby for Johnny.

[citation needed] Lindbergh turned to an American folk hero in Johnny Appleseed: A Poem, retelling how John Chapman traveled from the East Coast to the Midwest, planting apple seeds for future generations.

"Lindbergh's ebullient verse is a triumph song of spring's melting, sensory flush," wrote Publishers Weekly.

[10] Nearby Dwight Morrow High School, founded in 1932, was named for her grandfather, a businessman who famously served as U.S. ambassador to Mexico under Calvin Coolidge (1927–30).

[13] Reeve's brother Land Morrow Lindbergh has been considered a possible model for the central character in French writer-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince.

[14] Unsuccessful in his primary objective, de Saint-Exupery became captivated by "Charles's golden-haired boy," Land Lindbergh.

She serves as a board member (1977–) and honorary chairman (2004–) of the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation.

[17] Lindbergh presented a live reading of her children's book, Nobody Owns the Sky, about Bessie Coleman, an early aviation pioneer, at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., in December 2021.