A Nest for Celeste: A Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780061704109)

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.

Author: Henry Cole
ISBN-10: 0061704105
ISBN-13: 9780061704109
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2010
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 7.34h x 5.90w x 1.25d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 4
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 136738 / Nest for Celeste: A Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home

Award: Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/08/2010 pg. 50
Kirkus Review - Children 01/15/2010 pg. 79
Booklist 02/15/2010 pg. 78
School Library Journal 03/01/2010 pg. 116
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 pg. 333 - Recommended, Satisfactory