A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
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Cole, Henry
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Nest for Celeste volume 1.
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HarperCollins 2010
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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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Street Date:
02/06/2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780061992001
ASIN:
B0037B6QTS
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 5.1, 4 Points
Lexile measure:
730

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

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Henry Cole. 2010. A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home. HarperCollins.

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Henry Cole, A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home. HarperCollins, 2010.

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Henry Cole. A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home. HarperCollins, 2010.

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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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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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