Meghan Markle joins storytime at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles on March 21, 2024.Photo:Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Storytime withMeghan Markle!
The Duchess of Sussex, 42, visited the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles on March 21, where she led a Literally Healing session.
“Children were laughing and singing as The Duchess turned into character with every page as she read patient favorite books likeRosie the Riveter, Pete the CatandI Saw a Cat,“according to a statement. Meghan also helped children with STEAM activities connected to each book.
In a video of the visit, Meghan greeted the children as they gathered for the engaging reading time, excitedly showing the cover ofRosie Revere, Engineerand telling the group, “This is one of my favorites.”
The mom of two — she shares a 4-year-old son,Prince Archie, and a 2-year-old daughter,Princess Lilibet, withPrince Harry— gave animated readings, adding voice inflections and gestures to go along with the stories.
Children shouted out answers and sang along as Meghan readPete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons.“This was a great choice, friends,” she said as she closed the book and declared, “The end.”
Meghan also posed with photos with children, talking to a young girl about how “neat” an instant camera image was.
Meghan Markle joins storytime at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles on March 21, 2024.Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Archie’s relationship with dad Prince Harry alsoinspired Meghan to author a children’s book,The Bench.
“The Benchstarted 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: “For the man and the boy who make my heart go pump-pump,” the dedication says.
As a guest on Brightly Storytime, the Duchess of SussexreadThe Benchin aYouTube videoin 2021, and she alsoshared her story with children at P.S. 123 Mahalia Jackson School in Harlemduring a visit in September of the same year.
“I wrote this when we just had our little boy, and I haven’t read it to any other kids but you!” she told the group, who sat together with Prince Harry to hear the reading.
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles' Literally Healing is a reading program that gifts families at the hospital more than 65,000 books annually and provides a unique opportunity to promote literacy. The storytime was part of Make March Matter, an annual fundraiser at the hospital that “unites celebrities, business and the greater community in support of its mission of creating hope and building healthier futures.”
Since 2016, the campaign has raised more than $10 million for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
source: people.com
