21 January 2015
Commissioning guidelines - Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia
This document provides information about Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia. It includes case studies showing how libraries can work with public health to deliver the scheme.
21 January 2015
Plasma screen artwork - Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia
Artwork promoting the Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia, which can be used on plasma screens in libraries and GP surgeries.
21 January 2015
Interactive user leaflet - Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia
A digital version of the user leaflet for Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia. 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...
21 January 2015
Overview of the books - Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia
A detailed overview of the titles on the Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia list, including background information, formats, publisher details and publication dates.
21 January 2015
Recommended reading form - Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia
This form can be used by health professionals to recommend titles from the Reading Well Books on Prescription for dementia list.
19 January 2015
World Book Day 2015 Chatterbooks activity pack
Here’s our 2015 World Book Day Chatterbooks activity pack. It includes tips for running Chatterbooks children’s reading clubs, and ideas for a special World Book Day session. Look out for our new World Book Day activity pack coming in 2016.
13 January 2015
Alien Invasion Chatterbooks activity pack
In this Chatterbooks Alien Invasion pack are stories about other beings and other worlds – and about how this earth might seem to travellers from other planets! An activity pack filled with out-of-this-world fun for your Chatterbooks groups to read...
01 December 2014
Winter Wonderland Chatterbooks activity pack
Looking for ideas to use with children in your Chatterbooks reading groups in December? Here’s our amazing Winter Wonderland activity pack filled with fantastic wintry children’s books, and all kinds of fun activities to keep you warm in the cold....
07 November 2014
Info Challenge Chatterbooks activity pack
November 7 is National Non-Fiction Day and to celebrate we’ve created an amazing info challenge activity pack filled with all kinds of wild and crazy (and true!) information. The pack is bursting with activities guaranteed to boggle your mind with...
01 November 2014
World of Norm Chatterbooks activity pack
Here is our Chatterbooks activity pack all about the wonderful (if maybe at times unfair) World of Norm by Jonathan Meres.
24 October 2014
Summer Reading Challenge Creepy House 2013 results - Full Report
Over 800,000 children took part in the 2013 Summer Reading Challenge in libraries. Here is the full evaluation report, which includes the summary findings, regional breakdown along with separate reports about Summer Reading Challenge volunteering and our pilot with Arts Award...
24 October 2014
Summer Reading Challenge Creepy House 2013 results - Summary Findings
Over 800,000 children took part in the 2013 Summer Reading Challenge in libraries, a 9% increase on participation on 2012. Here are the summary findings from the 2013 evaluation report.
23 October 2014
Colour in Elmer!
Download these fabulous Elmer activity sheets and help him get his colour back!
23 October 2014
Chatterbooks activity pack - Superheroes, Comics and Cartoons
This Chatterbooks activity pack takes a look at comic books and cartoons – and lots of other graphic ways of telling stories. As well as a wealth of reading suggestions there are ideas for discussion and group activities – including...
20 October 2014
Reading groups for blind and partially sighted people
Anyone should be able to join or set up a reading group whether blind, partially sighted or sighted. Here a few helpful tips from RNIB to consider. Venue Location is key – if difficult to access or find it may mean a...
20 October 2014
Running a reading group event
Sarah Davis, reader development coordinator at Greenwich libraries gives us her top tips for running an author event: For the last three years part of my role as the reader development coordinator for Greenwich libraries is to organise as well...
18 October 2014
Summer Reading Challenge Story Lab 2012 results
750,000 children took part in Story Lab with 427,500 children completed the Summer Reading Challenge too, earning medals for reading six books. Here is the full evaluation report, which includes the summary findings, regional breakdown along with separate reports about...
17 October 2014
Summer Reading Challenge Circus Stars 2011 results
The 2011 Summer Reading Challenge Circus Stars reached a record breaking 780,000 children aged 4 to 12. We’re especially pleased about the number of boys who took part and the huge number of children who joined the library. Here is...
17 October 2014
Summer Reading Challenge and Children's University
Our partnership with The Children’s University means that children reading books for the Summer Reading Challenge are able to get their passports stamped at their local library and earn up to ten hours of Children’s University learning for completing the...
17 October 2014
A librarian's book recommendation gets James reading
James, 9, from Congelton in Cheshire, had never really been a reader; he was a typical boy who would rather play football. But in 2013 he heard about the Summer Reading Challenge at school. His mum, Katie, took him to...
17 October 2014
The Summer Reading Challenge gets children reading on the bus in East India
According to Vice Principal of KiiT International School in Bhubaneswar, East India, children no longer sleep on the bus, they read. And it’s all thanks to the Summer Reading Challenge. The Summer Reading Challenge takes place in countries all over the...
17 October 2014
3,500 children take part in the Summer Reading Challenge in Thailand
The British Council has been running the Summer Reading Challenge in Thailand for the last 6 years and the children involved always look forward to it. This year was the biggest yet with almost 3,500 children from all over the...
17 October 2014
Arts Award and the Summer Reading Challenge 2013
In 2013 we worked in partnership with Arts Council England’s 10 regional Bridge organisations to pilot Arts Award Discover alongside the Summer Reading Challenge in a library setting. The results were great with a total of 1028 children engaging with Arts...
16 October 2014
National Poetry Day 2014 activity pack
There are all sorts of poems – simple, complicated, scary, funny, sad, rhyming ones, limericks, haiku and shaped ones. Many tell stories. Poetry is about using words and language imaginatively and creatively. Everybody can have fun writing and listening to...
10 October 2014
Mary Poppins activity pack
This is a pack of reading ideas and activities inspired by P L Travers’ well-loved book Mary Poppins, brought to you by The Reading Agency in partnership with Disney and publisher HarperCollins Children’s Books.
10 October 2014
Buckle and Squash activity sheets
Three Buckle and Squash activity sheets for your Chatterbooks groups: a wordsearch, a draw-your-own, and a design a doorhanger activities.
08 October 2014
Scary Tales activity sheets
Download these Scary Tales activity sheets in time for Halloween. Activities include a tutorial on how to fold your own paper bats, a chilling crossword and spooky Bingo.
30 September 2014
Making the most of your book - Reading Well Books on Prescription for common mental health conditions
You may like to read this advice sheet if you have borrowed one of the Reading Well Books on Prescription for common mental health conditions titles from your local library. It helps you to get the most out of the...
30 September 2014
Recommended reading form - Reading Well Books on Prescription for common mental health conditions
This reading form can be printed out and used by health practitioners to recommend Reading Well Books on Prescription for common mental health conditions titles to their patients.
30 September 2014
Library FAQs - Reading Well Books on Prescription for common mental health conditions
Answers to library staff frequently asked questions about Reading Well Books on Prescription for common mental health conditions, including: general information, launch support, library involvement and digital resources.
