New photos released this week of the Duchess of Sussex entertaining young patients at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) on March 21 with a storytime session that she chose as her personal favorite for the occasion, after reading the book for the first time. time in September at the Invictus Games. .
Echoing Queen Camilla’s love of reading to young people, Meghan led a The ‘Literally Healing’ session and first on the list was Rosie Revere, Engineer, a book by American author Andrea Beaty that Meghan, 42, was seen reading for the first time in September to the children of athletes at the Games Invictus in Dusseldorf.
Beaty is known for writing books that encourage girls to enjoy STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and also wrote Ada Twist, Scientist, which was adapted by Netflix.
Rosie Revere, Engineer was one of a series of books the Duchess spent reading aloud during the visit to the California hospital, which is a 90-minute drive from the The Montecito home that Meghan shares with Prince Harry and their two children, Prince Archie, four, and Princess Lilibet, two.
Meghan Markle stopped by Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on March 21 and this week photos of the “literal healing” session appear; The duchess, 42, chose to read Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty, which she also read at the Invictus Games in September.
In September, Meghan hosted a private reading session for children at Invictus Game, and Rosie Revere, an engineer, was among the stories she read.
“The children laughed and sang as the Duchess became a character with each page as she read patients’ favorite books such as Rosie the Riveter, Pete the Cat and I Saw a Cat,” read an official statement about the visit.
The photos and images show that Meghan also shared hugs with the children and staff, as well as taking photos with them.
Meghan’s story time was part of the Make March Matter campaign, an annual fundraiser at the hospital that aims to create hope and build healthier futures with the help of “celebrities, businesses and the broader community.”
CHLA’s Literally Healing program receives more than 65,000 books delivered to families each year.
“With literacy development and fun in mind, the mother of two also helped the children with STEAM activities linked to each book that allowed patients to explore counting, colors, problem solving and more,” The statement adds, the A in STEAM represents the Letters.
The book Rosie Revere, Engineer is an illustrated story of a girl and her dream of becoming a great engineer.
The Duchess of Sussex visited the hospital on March 21, when she led a ‘Literally Healing’ session
Meghan traveled 90 minutes from her home in Montecito to Los Angeles to meet and read to patients.
The book Rosie Revere, Engineer is an illustrated story of a girl and her dream of becoming a great engineer. Author Andrea Beaty is known for encouraging girls to enjoy STEM subjects.
Its trailer reads: “Where some people see trash, Rosie Revere sees inspiration.” Alone in her room at night, shy Rosie builds great inventions out of strange things.
Hot dog dispensers, helium pants, cheese hats that repel pythons. Rosie’s gadgets would amaze…if she ever let anyone see them.
‘Fear of failure, he hides them under his bed.
“Until he receives a fateful visit from his great-aunt Rose, who shows him that a first failure is not something to fear, but something to celebrate.”
The Duchess herself is a children’s book author after publishing The Bench, a story inspired by Archie’s relationship with his father, Prince Harry.
Meghan’s latest story session was part of the Make March Matter campaign, an annual fundraiser at the hospital that aims to create hope and build healthier futures with the help of “celebrities, businesses and the wider community.”
During her visit, Meghan (pictured) also shared hugs with the children and staff, as well as taking photos with them.
Meghan poses for a group photo during her visit to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles last month.
For her outing, Meghan opted for an elegant floral ensemble and wore a mask, which would likely help protect the children from any infection.
Meghan is seen interacting with children during the story session at Children’s Hospital
“The children laughed and sang as the Duchess became a character with each page as she read patients’ favorite books such as Rosie the Riveter, Pete the Cat and I Saw a Cat,” read a statement about the solo visit. .
“The Bench began as a poem I wrote for my husband on Father’s Day, the month after Archie was born,” Meghan said in the press release from publisher Random House Children’s Books. “That poem became this story.”
Meghan dedicated the book to Harry and Archie: “To the man and the boy who make my heart beat-beat,” the dedication read.
To commemorate Archie’s first birthday in May 2020, mother and son appeared in a clip where he read Duck! Rabbit! By Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld.