World Mental Health Day 10 Oct 2017

Reading Well Mood-boosting Books is a national promotion of uplifting titles, including novels, poetry and non-fiction. The books are all recommended by readers and reading groups.

This year’s list of 15 titles and 2 series have been chosen by young people, but they’re not just for kids. Who doesn’t enjoy a trip down memory lane by reading a favourite book from childhood?

Here's a selection from the list.

Timeless Classics
Michael Bond - A Bear Called Paddington

The Browns first met Paddington on a railway station - Paddington station, in fact. He had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru with only a jar of marmalade, a suitcase and his hat. The Browns soon found that Paddington was a very unusual bear.

Roald Dahl - Matilda
Matilda's parents have called her some terrible things. The truth is, she's a genius and they're the stupid ones. Find out how she gets the better of them and her spiteful headmistress, as well as discovering that she has a very special power.

Dodie Smith – I Capture the Castle

This is the journal of Cassandra Mortmain. First, there is her eccentric father. Then there is her sister, Rose - and her stepmother, Topaz. Finally, there is Stephen, who is in love with Cassandra. Cassandra records her feelings on all of them.

Fiction for Young (and Young at Heart) Adults

Holly Bourne - Am I Normal Yet?
Evie, Amber and Lottie: three girls facing down tough issues with the combined powers of friendship, feminism and cheesy snacks. Both hilarious and heart-rending, this is Evie's no-holds-barred story of struggling to live a 'normal' teen life in the grip of OCD.

Patrick Ness - More Than This
A boy called Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. How is that possible? And where is this place? 

R J Palacio – Wonder

Wonder' is the funny, sweet and incredibly moving story of Auggie Pullman. Born with a terrible facial abnormality, this shy, bright ten-year-old has been home-schooled by his parents for his whole life, in an attempt to protect him from the stares and cruelty of the outside world.

Rainbow Rowell - Eleanor and Park
Eleanor is the new girl in town, and with her chaotic family life, her mismatched clothes and unruly red hair, she couldn't stick out more if she tried. Park is the boy at the back of the bus. Black T-shirts, headphones, head in a book - he thinks he's made himself invisible. But not to 
Eleanor. 

Lisa Williamson – The Art of Being Normal

David is funny and quirky and has always felt different from other people - but he also has a huge secret that only his two best friends know. Ever since he can remember, he has felt like a girl trapped in the body of a boy.

Series

Chris Bradford – Bodyguard Series

J K Rowling – Harry Potter Series

Poetry

Rupi Kaur – Milk and Honey

This is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose, deals with a different pain, heals a different heartache.

Non Fiction

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – We Should All be Feminists

What does 'feminism' mean today? That is the question at the heart of this personal, eloquently-argued essay by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun'.

Complete list

Diwrnod Iechyd Meddwl y Byd 10 Hyd 2017

Ymgyrch cenedlaethol i hybu llyfrau dyrchafol, gan gynnwys nofelau, barddoniaeth a llyfrau ffeithiol yw Mood-boosting Books gan Reading Well.

Eleni dewiswyd y rhestr o 15 o deitlau a 2 gyfres gan bobl ifanc, ond nid dim ond ar gyfer plant maen nhw. Pwy sydd ddim yn hoffi hel atgofion trwy ddarllen hoff lyfr o amser  plentyndod?

Dyma ddetholiad o’r rhestr.

Clasuron

Michael Bond – A Bear Called Paddington

Mae’r teulu Brown yn cwrdd â Paddington am y tro cyntaf mewn gorsaf drenau - gorsaf Paddington fel mae’n digwydd. Roedd wedi teithio’r holl ffordd o Beriw gyda dim ond pot o farmalêd, cês dillad a’i het. Cyn hir daeth y teulu i wybod fod Paddington yn arth anarferol iawn.

Roald Dahl – Matilda

Mae rhieni Matilda wedi galw rhai enwau cas iawn arni. Ond y gwir yw ei bod hi’n ddeallus iawn a nhw yw’r twpsod. Dysgwch sut y bydd hi’n cael y gorau arnyn nhw a’i phrifathrawes sbeitlyd, yn ogystal â dysgu bod ganddi bŵer arbennig iawn.

Dodie Smith – I Capture the Castle

Dyma ddyddiadur Cassandra Mortmain. Yn gyntaf, mae ei thad echreiddig. Yna mae ei chwaer, Rose - a’i llysfam, Topaz. Yn olaf, mae Stephen, sydd mewn cariad â Cassandra. Mae Cassandra’n cofnodi ei theimladau am bob un ohonyn nhw.

Ffuglen i Bobl Ifanc (a’r ifanc eu hysbryd)

Holly Bourne – Am I Normal Yet?

Evie, Amber a Lottie: tair merch sy’n wynebu problemau anodd gyda chyfuniad o gyfeillgarwch, ffeministiaeth a thameidiau cawslyd.  Yn ddoniol ac yn ddirdynnol, dyma stori di-flewyn ar dafod Evie o ymdrechu i fyw bywyd ‘normal' gydag anhwylder gorfodaeth obsesiynol.

Patrick Ness – More than This

Mae bachgen o’r enw Seth yn boddi, mewn anobaith ac yn unig yn ei eiliadau olaf, yn colli ei fywyd wrth i’r môr ei feddiannu.  Ond yna, mae’n deffro. Sut mae hyn yn bosibl? A ble yw’r lle hyn?  

R J Palacio – Wonder

Stori ddoniol, felys a hynod afaelgar Auggie Pullman yw Wonder'. Ganwyd ef ag anffurfiad ofnadwy ar ei wyneb ac mae’r bachgen deg oed swil a deallus yma wedi cael ei addysg yn ei gartref gan ei rieni ei holl fywyd, er mwyn ei ddiogelu rhag llygadrythiadau a chreulondeb y byd tu fas.

Rainbow Rowell - Eleanor and Park

Mae Eleanor yn newydd yn y dre a chyda’i bywyd  teuluol dryslyd, ei dillad anghydweddol a’i gwallt coch gwyllt, fedrai hi ddim sefyll allan mwy. Park yw’r bachgen yng nghefn y bws.  Crys T du, clustffonau, pen mewn llyfr – mae’n meddwl ei fod yn anweledig.  Ond nid i Eleanor. 

Lisa Williamson – The Art of Being Normal

Mae David yn ddoniol ac yn od ac mae bob amser wedi teimlo’n wahanol i eraill – ond mae ganddo gyfrinach fawr a dim ond ei ddau ffrind gorau sy’n gwybod amdani.  Ers cyn cof, mae ei wedi teimlo fel merch mewn corff bachgen.

Cyfresi

Chris Bradford – Cyfres Bodyguard

J K Rowling – Cyfres Harry Potter

Barddoniaeth

Rupi Kaur – Milk and Honey

Casgliad o farddoniaeth a rhyddiaith am oroesi.  Pedair pennod sydd i’r llyfr ac mae amcan gwahanol i bob pennod, maen nhw’n delio â phoen gwahanol, yn gwella briw gwahanol.

Ffeithiol

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – We Should All be Feminists

Beth yw ystyr 'ffeministiaeth' heddiw? Dyna’r cwestiwn wrth galon y traethawd personol, huawdl yma gan Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, awdur arobryn 'Americanah' a 'Half of a Yellow Sun'.

Rhestr Gyflawn