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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 Author:Henry Cole 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 Ce... more »leste encounters dangerand loveunlike 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.« less
I loved this story - it was beautifully illustrated and such a sweet and endearing tale. I know things about Audobon now that I wish I didn't know. And I will never look at a mouse the same way again!