Young Reading Series 3

Florence Nightingale

• The remarkable story of Florence Nightingale, from her privileged childhood to the horrors of her work in the Crimea and as a hospital reformer.
• Illustrated with evocative, full colour pictures.
• Usborne Famous Lives retell the stories of fascinating people, bringing them vividly to life for confident readers.
• Internet links to recommended websites via the Usborne Quicklinks Website.
• Part of Young Reading Series 3 for fully confident readers.

Press & blog reviews

Usborne's award winning range of children's books now includes a vibrant Reading Programme, featuring over 200 brilliant titles that supplement National Curriculum levels 1C to 4A. Bright full-cover illustrations combine with lively text to make these colourful hardback fact and fiction books irresistible for children learning to read, and will help capture their imagination and build confidence as they move from one level to the next.

Child Education Plus - top teaching resources to support the curriculum

Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme. Seven steps take beginners from simply written folk stories told in 150 words through to lovers of classic and original stories and histories, biographies and classics told in 5,000 words. Colour-coded for ease of use, and presented in a beautiful hardback, every story is well-written and attractively illustrated in full colour by leading artists.

Julia Eccleshare

Write a review

Do you fancy writing a review for 'Florence Nightingale'? Here are some hints:

• Be real: Give us a real flavour of your experience or point of view.
• Spell check: Well written reviews are more likely to get published.
• Be polite: Impolite reviews will never make it to the site. Obviously.

Other things to bear in mind before you submit a review:

• We don't publish all reviews, and reserve the right to edit for length or sense.
• Your review may be published or quoted on any Usborne website.
• We'll use your name beneath the review, but no other details.