A NEST FOR CELESTE (1ST PRT IN DJ)

Cole, Henry

ISBN 10: 0061704105 / ISBN 13: 9780061704109

Published by Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins, NY, 2010

About this Item

1st prt. Story of Celeste the mouse- a tale of art, inspiration & the meaning of home. 342pp. Beautifully illus. throughout.

Seller Inventory # 005176

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A NEST FOR CELESTE (1ST PRT IN DJ)
• Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins, NY
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0061704105
• ISBN 13: 9780061704109
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cole, Henry
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New DJ

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Synopsis

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.

From the Back Cover

A beautifully illustrated novel about a mouse, her friendship with Audubon's apprentice, and her search for home.

Beneath the crackled and faded painting of a horse, underneath the worn and dusty floorboards of the dining room, lives Celeste, a mouse who spends her days weaving baskets, until one day she is thrust into the world above. Here Celeste encounters danger'and love'unlike any she's ever imagined. She dodges a hungry cat and witnesses the brutality of hunting for the first time. She makes friends with a singing thrush named Cornelius, a talkative osprey named Lafayette, and Joseph, Audubon's young apprentice. All the while, Celeste is looking for a new home. Is her home in the toe of a worn boot? Nestled in Joseph's pocket? Or in the dollhouse in the attic, complete with mouse-size furniture perfect for Celeste? In the end, Celeste discovers that home is really the place deep inside her heart, where friendships live.