A Nest for Celeste (19 page)
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Authors: Henry Cole
HENRY COLE
is the illustrator of many beloved books for children, including his own
JACK’S GARDEN
and
ON MEADOWVIEW STREET
. While growing up in Virginia, he enjoyed spending time outdoors, hiking in the woods and pretending he was Audubon. Sometimes he pretended he was an osprey. He still loves being outside, especially in his garden in Florida, where he loves to sketch and write. You can visit Henry online at www.henrycole.net.
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A NEST FOR CELESTE
: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home. Copyright © 2010 by Henry Cole. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cole, Henry, date
A nest for Celeste / Henry Cole.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Summary: 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.
ISBN 978-0-06-170410-9 (trade bdg.: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-06-170411-6 (lib. bdg.: alk. paper)
[1. Mice—Fiction. 2. Mason, Joseph, 1807-1883—Childhood and youth—Fiction. 3. Human-animal relationships—Fiction. 4. Artists—Fiction. 5. Home—Fiction. 6. Audubon, John James, 1785-1851—Fiction. 7. New Orleans (La.)—History—19th century—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C67728Nes 2010 2009011813
[Fic]—dc22 CIP
AC
EPub Edition © January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-199200-1
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