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Rena Jones

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Santa Barbara, CA, The United States

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Rena was born in Santa Barbara, California and spent most of her life in the Ojai Valley. She has always loved writing. When she was a teen, she wrote to over 100 pen pals at one time. It's not surprising that English and typing were her favorite classes in school.

Rena began writing for children in 2003 after visiting Glacier National Park in Montana. A little mountain goat inspired her to write a story about him and her love for writing children's stories began. She now live in Bigfork, Montana, which is only an hour from Glacier National Park where that first story was written.

Rena is married to Rick, her high school sweetheart, and has four children. She's a homeschooling mom -- a full-time job in itself. Her interests include wildlife w ...more

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Average rating: 4.87 · 30 ratings · 6 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	Time To Romanticize Your Life, Girl!: A Short & Sweet Guide to Falling in Love With Your Everyday Life 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Job for Dilly by Rena Jones (Goodreads Author), Lisa Oakman (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lemur Troops & Critter Groups by Rena Jones (Goodreads Author), Nikki Shoemaker (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Marshmallow Man by Rena Jones (Goodreads Author), Stephen Macquignon (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time To Glow Up, Girl!: Rediscovering Yourself When the Carpool and Caregiver Days are Over and You are Too Young to be Old it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stork Musters & Critter Clusters by Rena Jones (Goodreads Author), Nikki Boetger (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A New Friend for Dilly by Rena Jones (Goodreads Author), Ginger Nielson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pony Strings & Critter Things by Rena Jones (Goodreads Author), Ginger Nielson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dinner Date for Dilly by Rena Jones (Goodreads Author), Ginger Nielson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #3)

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“Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
― The Bible for Today, The Defined King James Bible

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“Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.”
― Alexander Pope

tags: beatitudes, disappointment, expectations, hope

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message 5: by Karen

Jun 18, 2012 09:05PM

Thanks Rena for friending,
Please check out Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness,
A Teachers gutsy story of harassment, mental breakdown & Recovery.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
Cheers,
Karen :)

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message 4: by Linda

Dec 22, 2011 08:45AM

I'm delighted to connect with you here on GR! Ojai is such a beautiful town and I'm sure inspires you daily. Your books sound wonderful and I am looking forward to checking out your work.

Happy holidays,

Linda

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message 3: by Beth

Jun 30, 2011 02:08PM

Hi Rena,
Thanks for sending a friend request to this fellow author on Goodreads! I hope you will put my books, A Real Basket Case, To Hell in a Handbasket, and the recently released Deadly Currents, on your to-read list. If you'd like to enter a contest for free mystery books, sign up for my email newsletter at: http://bethgroundwater.com/ . Good luck in promoting your own books!
- Beth

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message 2: by Rena

Jun 29, 2011 09:47PM

Donald James wrote: "Hi Rena,
Thanks for the friend invitation. I'd be honored if you'd check out my work at http://DonaldJamesParker.com
Ironically - my sister is the post mistress at Glacier National Park, so I f..."

Thanks, Donald. I'll check it out. Glacier is only an hour away, so we're fortunate we can spend a lot of time in the park. Amazing place. :)

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message 1: by Donald

Jun 29, 2011 04:10AM

Hi Rena,
Thanks for the friend invitation. I'd be honored if you'd check out my work at http://DonaldJamesParker.com
Ironically - my sister is the post mistress at Glacier National Park, so I found your history quite interesting.
God bless!
Donald

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