A Nest for Celeste: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
Language: English
Ages 9-12 Fiction Animals Animals - Mice Hamsters Guinea Pigs etc. Art & Architecture Artists Audubon Biographical Children's Books Children: Grades 4-6 Family Fiction Friendship General Guinea Pigs Hamsters Home Human-animal relationships John James Joseph - Childhood and youth Juvenile Fiction Mason Mice Nature & the Natural World Nature & the Natural World - General New Orleans (La.) New Orleans (La.) - History - 19th century People & Places Social Issues Social Issues - Friendship Social Issues - Values United States Values & Virtues etc etc.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: Feb 23, 2010
Description:
SUMMARY: A beautifully illustrated novel about a mouse, her friendship with Audubon's apprentice, and her search for home. Beneath the crackled and faded painting of a horse, underneath the worn and dusty floorboards of the dining room, lives Celeste, a mouse who spends her days weaving baskets, until one day she is thrust into the world above. Here Celeste encounters danger—and love—unlike any she's ever imagined. She dodges a hungry cat and witnesses the brutality of hunting for the first time. She makes friends with a singing thrush named Cornelius, a talkative osprey named Lafayette, and Joseph, Audubon's young apprentice. All the while, Celeste is looking for a new home. Is her home in the toe of a worn boot? Nestled in Joseph's pocket? Or in the dollhouse in the attic, complete with mouse-size furniture perfect for Celeste? In the end, Celeste discovers that home is really the place deep inside her heart, where friendships live.