A Nest for Celeste : A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
(2010)

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : HarperCollins, 2010
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ISBN/ISSN
9780061992001 MWT16818055, 0061992003 16818055
LANGUAGE
English
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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

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