Florence Nightingale
by Tieck, Sarah
Series:Buddy Books (ABDO) · First Biographies (ABDO)
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AR Book Level
3.6
AR Points
0.5
Word Count
1,056
Interest Level
Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Genre
Nonfiction
AR Quiz #
106482 EN
About this book
The book is a brief biography of Florence Nightingale written for early readers, tracing her life from her childhood in England to her becoming a nurse. It explains how she overcame family opposition to train as a nurse and then traveled to the Crimean War, where she improved care for wounded soldiers. The story also covers her later founding of the first modern nursing school and her lasting influence on the nursing profession.