04 July 2017
Branding guidelines - Reading Well for long term conditions
This document provides visual guidelines and the key descriptor and message for the Reading Well for long term conditions scheme.
04 July 2017
Interactive prescriber leaflet - Reading Well for long term conditions
A digital version of the user leaflet for Reading Well for long term conditions. The prescriber can digitally select titles from the list, then print the leaflet. The leaflet also provides information about how the scheme works, resources available in your...
03 July 2017
Animal Agents Chatterbooks Activity Pack
Here is a Chatterbooks activity pack to accompany this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, Animal Agents. It features some of the fabulous books in this year’s Summer Reading Challenge collection.
30 June 2017
Overview of the books - Reading Well for long term conditions
A detailed overview of the titles on the Reading Well for long term conditions list, including background information, formats, publisher details and publication dates.
29 June 2017
Commissioning guide - Reading Well for long term conditions
This document provides information about Reading Well for long term conditions for health commissioners. It includes case studies showing how libraries can work with public health to deliver the scheme.
29 June 2017
Animated gif - Reading Well for long term conditions
Reading Well for long term conditions animated GIF. Perfect to use on social media.
29 June 2017
Image bank - Reading Well for long term conditions
A collection of photos that can be used on local library and health websites to promote the Reading Well for long term conditions.
28 June 2017
Book jacket composite - Reading Well for long term conditions
A shareable composite image of the covers of the long term conditions booklist.
28 June 2017
Booklist and format availability - Reading Well for long term conditions
A list of titles on the Reading Well for long term conditions and which formats they are available in.
28 June 2017
Background information - Reading Well for long term conditions
Background information to the Reading Well for long term conditions scheme.
23 June 2017
Adult mental health book jacket composite
A shareable composite image of the covers of the adult mental health booklist
23 June 2017
Royal Society Young People's Book Prize bookmark
The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize celebrates the best books that communicate science to young people. We have a downloadable bookmark available for you to use to promote the Prize in your library or venue. Just click below to download.
23 June 2017
Royal Society Young People's Book Prize poster
The Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize celebrates the best books that communicate science to young people. We have a downloadable poster available for you to use to promote the Prize in your library or venue. Just click below to...
23 June 2017
Marmite Reads
To celebrate National Reading Group Day on 24 June reading groups nationwide have been sharing the books that have inspired the most discussion and debate in their meetings. We call these ‘Marmite Reads’. Download the full list below to find...
16 June 2017
Literature Review: The impact of reading for pleasure and empowerment
Literature Review: The impact of reading for pleasure and empowerment June 2015
10 June 2017
How to start a reading group
Interested in joining a reading group or starting one of your own? Download our quick guide to getting started.
06 June 2017
Plasma screen artwork - Reading Well for long term conditions
Artwork promoting the Reading Well for long term conditions scheme, which can be used on plasma screens in libraries and GP surgeries.
06 June 2017
Health Professional Template Letter - Reading Well for long term conditions
A template letter library staff can send to health professionals to establish partnerships to deliver Reading Well for long term conditions.
05 June 2017
Never Say Die book trailer
Alex Rider is back in this brand new, explosive mission in the number one bestselling series. In this adrenaline-fueled, action-packed adventure, Alex Rider is trying to get his life back on track after the traumatic events of his last mission. But even...
02 June 2017
Year 4 evaluation book issue spreadsheets
A zip folder containing book issues spreadsheets to complete for the adult mental health, dementia and young people’s schemes.
01 June 2017
Chris Riddell Chatterbooks Activity Pack
Chris Riddell is a prolific author and illustrator whose huge range of award winning work covers picture books and fiction for older children. He was appointed Children’s Laureate for the period of 2015-2017. Find out more about Chris and his...
24 May 2017
Adaptable powerpoint presentation - Reading Well for Young People
An adaptable powerpoint presentation for commissioning Reading Well for young people.
24 May 2017
Health Professional Template Letter
A template letter library staff can send to health professionals to establish partnerships to deliver any of the four schemes.
24 May 2017
Reading Well Books on Prescription - Library Staff Handbook
A practical handbook for library staff covering all the Reading Well schemes.
23 May 2017
We're Going on a Bear Hunt book trailer
If you loved the film of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt on Channel 4 at Christmas, now you can explore your natural world with these two brand new We’re Going on a Bear Hunt activity books!
23 May 2017
Mrs Mole, I'm Home! book trailer
From Jarvis, the creator of Alan’s Big, Scary Teeth, comes another truly unmissable, hilarious adventure about a daddy mole who has mislaid his spectacles.
23 May 2017
King of the Sky - Teachers' notes
Download these teachers’ notes for King of the Sky by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin to use with your class or Chatterbooks group.
23 May 2017
How to be a Scientist - Lesson plans
Discover the skills it takes to become a scientist in DK’s new science book for kids with science presenter and comedian Steve Mould. Being a scientist isn’t just about wearing a lab coat and performing science experiments in test tubes....
19 May 2017
Sound by Bella Bathurst - an extract
Bella Bathurst is a writer and photojournalist. Her books include The Lighthouse Stevensons which won the 1999 Somerset Maugham Award, The Wreckers, which became a BBC Timewatch documentary, and The Bicycle Book, which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports...
15 May 2017
Volunteering Resources: Wales
Welsh translations of our most popular resources, including: a volunteering guide for young people, an empty belly poster, a volunteering certificate, publicity postcards advocacy card on the benefits of volunteering
