A Nest for Celeste: A Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home by Henry Cole Paperback Book

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Author: Henry Cole

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Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Published: Dec 1969

Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Nature & The Natural World (see Also Headings Under Animals)

Retail Price: $9.99

Ages: 08 - 11

Pages: 352

Synopsis

A fanciful history lesson for middle graders, featuring a charming mouse named Celeste.\n\nCeleste 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?\n\nBeautifully 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.

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