Jean Matthew Hall
Writing Encouraging Words
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Welcome to the website and blog of Jean Matthew Hall. Please look around to find helpful information and posts. Please sign up for blog updates, and leave a comment to encourage Jean. Thanks! The first book in Jean’s premier picture book series about the four seasons will be published early in 2019 by Little Lamb Books.
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Encouraging Words
I write words, stories and poems, to encourage children and the caring adults in their lives. Words that lift them up, show them a positive character or outcome, show them that they can have hope in hopeless situations. The words we write have the power to do that.
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Jean’s Bio
As a pre-teen Jean dreamed of being an architect or an interior decorator. As a high school student she dreamed of being anything BUT a teacher. As a college student she dreamed of being a vocalist. As an “over-fifty” woman she dreamed of writing stories…
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Just Write
Write whatever God has placed in your heart and mind to write. Whether it is for public view or private use – write. Write: Pray and write. Think and write. Dream and write. Laugh and write. Cry and write. Write: Write well. Write often….
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Picture Book Review–Blue Ethel
Another Picture Book Review by Jean Matthew Hall Blue Ethel is a sweet picture book written and illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt. It was published by Margaret Ferguson Books in 2017. Ethel is a cat. And true to her catly nature Ethel is independent,…
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Parenting From Fear Or Courage?
I’ve been a parent for 48 years. Boy! I’m old. Over this half-century I’ve seen many changes in our culture—including our Christian culture. I’ve watched the family structure crumble little-bit-by-little-bit. It’s a huge contributor to the other social ills of 21st Century America, in…
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Picture Book Review—Be Kind
Another Picture Book Review by Jean Matthew Hall Be Kind is written by Pat Zietlow Miller, and is illustrated lusciously by Jen Hill. It was published in 2018 by Roaring Brook Press. Be Kind is one of my favorites of the many picture…
