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

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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Henry Cole was a celebrated science teacher for many years before turning his talents to children’s books. He has worked on nearly one hundred and fifty books for children, including Unspoken, Big Bug, A Nest for Celeste, Jack’s Garden, and On Meadowview Street. Henry loves being outside, where he can sketch and write. His favorite sound is the first robin song of the spring. You can visit him online at www.henrycole.net.
Henry Cole was a celebrated science teacher for many years before turning his talents to children’s books. He has worked on nearly one hundred and fifty books for children, including Unspoken, Big Bug, A Nest for Celeste, Jack’s Garden, and On Meadowview Street. Henry loves being outside, where he can sketch and write. His favorite sound is the first robin song of the spring. You can visit him online at www.henrycole.net.

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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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Henry Cole, Henry/ Cole Cole, Cole Henry
• Con la collaborazione di: Henry Cole (Illustrazione)
• Editore: Tegen, Katherine
• Lingue: Inglese
• Raccomandazione d'eta': 8 a 12 anni
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.02.2010
• EAN: 9780061704109
• ISBN: 978-0-06-170410-9
• Pagine: 352
• Dimensioni: 141 mm x 181 mm x 31 mm
• Serie: Nest for Celeste
• Categorie: Libri per bambini e per ragazzi > Saggi / saggi illustrati > Animali, piante, natura, ambiente; 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Art and artists, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Birds, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Farm animals, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rodents and rabbits, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pigs, hogs and boars, JUVENILE FICTION: Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Birds, JUVENILE FICTION: Science & Nature / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Historical / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Pets, JUVENILE FICTION: Family / Alternative Family, JUVENILE FICTION: Science Fiction / General, JUVENILE FICTION: Art, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Pigs