Reading Lists
Health and Wellbeing
Understand and manage your health and wellbeing using these helpful reading lists.
Reading Well for children supports the mental health and wellbeing of primary school aged children, providing children and their families and carers with information, advice and support for coping with feelings and worries, daily life and getting through a tough time.
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Reading Well for dementia recommends helpful reading for people living with dementia. There are also books on the list for family members, friends and carers. The books provide reliable information, advice and support as well as personal stories. There are also some fiction titles for children to help them understand more about dementia. (The list replaces the 2015 Books on Prescription Dementia list).
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Helpful reading to support family wellbeing during pregnancy and the early years. Providing reliable information on your wellbeing when becoming a family, mental health and coping with loss. The books are for parents, carers and anyone supporting people from pregnancy onwards. The scheme is aimed at adults and includes a range of recommended books including a poetry book and a picture book.
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Reading Well for mental health provides helpful information and support for managing common mental health conditions, or dealing with difficult feelings and experiences. Some books also include personal stories from people who are living with or caring for someone with mental health needs.
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Diversity & Disability
Books to help explain and understand the beautiful diverse world we live in, supporting people from different communities and/or with different disabilities to read for pleasure.
Help understand different experiences
Books to help you find characters like you or to discover and understand different experiences.