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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Published: 02/21/2012
ISBN: 9780061704123
Pages: 342
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.43h x 5.28w x 1.04d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 136738 / Nest for Celeste: A Story about Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
Reading Level: 5.1 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 4