Jean M. (Jean May) Thompson

Jean M. Thompson, also listed as Jean May Thompson, was an American writer of children's books. Reliable catalog and library records connect her with works including Water Wonders Every Child Should Know (1907), a friendly introduction to dew, frost, snow, ice, and rain, and The Three Bears of Porcupine Ridge, a collection of animal-centered stories for young readers.

The books associated with her show a clear love of nature study. Rather than treating science and wildlife as distant subjects, she wrote in a way meant to make the natural world feel close, vivid, and worth noticing, especially for children.

Little biographical detail seems easy to confirm from the sources found here beyond her name form and birth year, usually given as 1865. Because the available evidence is thin, it is safest to remember her through the books themselves: stories and simple nature writing that helped introduce young readers to weather, animals, and the outdoors.