Usborne Famous Lives: Florence Nightingale by Lucy Lethbridge (author) and Karen Donnelly (illustrator)

Born into a wealthy family, Florence Nightingale could have lived a life of luxury. Instead she gave it all up to help soldiers wounded in the horror of the Crimean battlefields. Becoming a nurse was the last thing a rich girl would ordinarily do – but Florence was no ordinary girl. The true story of the famous ‘lady with the lamp’ is vividly retold for young readers in this atmospheric book. Brought to life by illustrations and photographs of places and people, it corresponds to Level 3 of the Usborne Young Reading series, created for children ready to tackle longer stories and more diverse subjects.