SuitabookFlorence Nightingale
Demi
- Reading
- Use the timeline to place events in order, then explore a question your child has about Nightingale’s life with the further reading.
- Themes
- Hospital reform and care: Nightingale directs nurses caring for injured soldiers and works to improve sanitation, food and hospital organisation; the illustrations contrast poor conditions with later changes. The narrative presents these practical improvements as central to better hospital care.
- Visual contrast in the war-hospital scene: A double-page illustration depicts a filthy hospital and stricken soldiers, followed by a scene showing cleaner conditions and a changed mood. The page turn uses visual contrast to show the scale of the changes described.
- Worth knowing
- The war-hospital illustrations show suffering and unhygienic surroundings, including rats, rubbish and overflowing chamber pots. The scene is vivid, even though the pictures use decorative patterns and colour.