Celeste, a mouse longing for a real home, becomes a source of inspiration to teenaged Joseph, assistant to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon, at a New Orleans, Louisiana, plantation in 1821.
A nest for celeste: a story about art, inspiration, and the meaning of home
β Scribed by Audubon, John James;Cole, Henry;Mason, Joseph;Strom, Margaret
- Publisher
- Cela
- Year
- 2020
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- Louisiana--New Orleans., New Orleans (La.
- ISBN
- 022106396X
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β¦ Synopsis
Searching a plantation house for a place to call her own, Celeste, a kindly mouse, evades rats and a cat and befriends human Joseph, the artist Audubon's assistant. When she is lost outdoors in a storm, Celeste convinces an osprey to fly her back to Joseph. For grades 3-6. 2010.
β¦ Subjects
New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Fiction
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