A Nest for Celeste: A Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home

by Cole, Henry
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ISBN: 9780061704123
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A fanciful history lesson for middle graders, featuring a charming mouse named Celeste.

Celeste is a mouse who is looking for a home. Is it nestled in the toe of a warm boot? In the shirt pocket of Celeste's new friend Joseph? Or is home the place deep inside Celeste's heart, where friendships live?

Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white drawings, A Nest for Celeste is a short novel that tells the story a mouse living in the 1800s and his friendship with John James Audubon's young apprentice. While enjoying this sweet amd appealing story, young readers will also learn about nineteenth-century plantation life and the famous naturalist who was known for his paintings of birds and American wildlife.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Cole, Henry
  • ISBN: 9780061704123
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.43 x 1.04
  • Number Of Pages: 352
  • Publication Year: 2012

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