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

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

By Henry Cole

7 ratings 6 reviews 11 followers
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 4 - 8Grades 3 - 6n/a5.125011

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.

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
ISBN-13: 9780061704123
ISBN-10: 0061704121
Published on 2/21/2012
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 352

Book Reviews (7)

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This book is so touching. It really makes you really think about the meaning of home. I loved this book because it's about a mouse who gets lost and tries to find home. This book reminded me of when I moved.

Boyce used as a one book, one school event!

very nice

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I have this book right now in my hand it was a beautiful story I would reccomed nest

I remember this book OMG!!!

This book is from the point of view from a mouse named Celeste. Celeste is trying to find a new home. Along the way Celeste makes many new friends and an enemy. In the end Celeste finally finds a home. Overall this book is alright and full of wonderful pencil sketches on almost every page.

This book is one of the best books it inspired me to keep on reading! I recommend this book to people who love really good and very interesting books!