Regina Noel Downing

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Dear Mom & Dad is a story-song book which asks parents to remember what it was like to be a kid. It reminds us all the importance of being present for the special people in our lives.

Through delightful and heartfelt illustrations, lyrical melodies, and the thoughtful insights of the author’s own children, Dear Mom & Dad offers support for parents and children alike in communicating and connecting.

Suitable for ages 2 to 8.

The Bedtime Rhyme

What's the perfect way to end any day?

A little story, time for listening and sharing, and a sweet lullaby to end.

Bedtime is one of the most important times of the day for our littles, and sometimes the most challenging. It can raise real fears over separation. A regular routine can be just the thing to ease such fears, and ensure a good night's rest for everyone. The Bedtime Rhyme will help you send your children off to sleep feeling truly loved, connected, supported, and safe.

Suitable for ages 2 to 8.

REGINA NOEL DOWNING - Author

Regina Noel Downing is a private music instructor in a small town in Iowa. With multiple degrees in music and education, she has built her own music studio where she teaches students of all ages and abilities. A wife and mother of two children (and 3 dogs), Regina happened upon writing somewhat accidentally. That accident turned out to be a passion, and a way for Regina to follow a calling to assist children and families struggling to connect.

Regina found with teaching young children (and in parenting her own), that there is a real need for accessible tools to assist parents, teachers, and caregivers with connecting, when connecting is difficult. Songs, encouraging words, and comforting touch, were by far the strongest tools. Inspired by children’s educator, Mr. Rogers, Regina has been writing children’s “story song books” with the goal of simply – connectedness.

In her free time, Regina enjoys weight training, exercise, singing, playing piano, movies with her husband, and snuggles with her 2 children, Simone and Charles. The dogs add quite a lot of excitement to the household as well, and have had quite the time breeding puppies during the pandemic!

BOOKS

Give a Little Snuggle (ages 2 to 10 years) 2021
ISBN: 978-1-952567-14-8 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-15-5 (softcover)

The Bedtime Rhyme (ages 2 to 10 years) 2021
ISBN: 978-1-955743-36-5 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-955743-37-2 (softcover)

Dear Mom & Dad (ages 2 to 10 years) 2022
ISBN: 978-1-952567-61-2 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-51-3 (softcover)

“I like you just as you are.”

— Regina Noel Downing —

Give a Little Snuggle

Music soothes our souls, wiggles get the mad out, giggles lighten the load, and a snuggle brings a calm connectedness. Give a Little Snuggle is a story about your child. The delightful illustrations, text, and music, are created with all hearts in mind. It is a story about blue times and rough times, and the fear that comes with those times. It is a story that teaches children and adults alike, that though we may have blue times, rough times, and fearful times, there is always something we can do to ease our soul; connect with those we love and who love us.

When your child is sad or upset, you may find connecting difficult. Their “upsets” become yours, and soon you are at your wit’s end. Nothing you try works to calm or connect. You may think your child wants to be left alone. But as a mother and educator, I can assure you what they really want and need, is connection.

This book helps you do just that: Connect when there is sadness, connect when it’s been a bad day, connect when there is fear…

Suitable for ages 2 to 8.

Previous Engagements:

• Preston Public Library (MN)

• Harmony Public Library (MN)

• Deep Valley Book Festival (MN)

• Sweet Reads Books (MN)

• Paperbacks & Pieces (MN)

• The Landing Market (IA)

• 2022 Iowa State Fair (IA)

• Elma Public Library (IA)