Florence: Nightingale: Called to Serve.

Florence: Nightingale: Called to Serve

Jill C. Wood, author; Brian T. Cox, illustrator

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Part of the exciting Time Traveler's Adventure series featuring Buffalo Biff and Farley's Raiders, Florence: Nightingale: Called to Serve is a colorful picturebook adventure that takes the reader back in time to the 1800's, to when a young woman named Florence Nightingale dared to take up the vocation of nursing. In an era when hospitals were filthy, dark, and unsanitary, Florence Nightingale ushered about a revolution in British military medical care. The improvements she spearheaded in sanitation and nutrition caused a drastic reduction in mortality rates, and she became known among soldiers as "the lady with the lamp." Florence Nightingale: Called to Serve follows this gentle yet firm woman, who worked up to twenty hours a day, and who inspired twenty countries around the world to train nurses based upon her system. The story is told entirely through Buffalo Biff's, Ruby's, and Pete's dialogue; an accompanying audio CD relates the full story, and three versions of the story each without one of the characters' lines, so that a child or parent can read aloud one of the parts. An excellent introduction for young people to a strong and compassionate role model, highly recommended.