Dementia Collection: Dementia Friendly Books

cover page Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Days

Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Days

An uplifting dementia-friendly book about the life and journals of Dorothy Wordsworth while living in Grasmere. The book has an easy to follow narrative and a story on every two-page spread. It is rich with intriguing details and images provoking curiosity and prompting conversations between people living with dementia and their family and friends.

Cover of book Bewick Taleds

Bewick Tales, stories from the life and work of Thomas Bewick

An uplifting dementia-friendly book about the life and work of world-famous artist Thomas Bewick. With an easy to follow narrative, the book is rich with intriguing details and narrative provoking curiosity and prompting conversations between people living with dementia and their family and friends.

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Looking back at Classic Coronation Street

Relive the classic moments of Coronation Street between the first episode in 1960 and Christmas 1990. There are suggested activities and a fun quiz centred around the book to encourage social interaction and there is an audio download.

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Looking Back at The 1966 World Cup

Relive the finest moment in English men’s football to date.

There are suggested activities and a fun quiz centred around the book to encourage social interaction and there is an audio download.

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Looking Back at The Beatles

Take a rhyming Magical Mystery Tour with The Beatles, tracking their early days performing in Hamburg, right through to their eventual breakup … all whilst creating some of the most popular music in history! There is an audio download.