Hmmm… A fox adores what he sees in a garden, but can't keep the colours he adores – the blossoms of the flowers get eaten, and the colourful rocks and autumnal leaves suffer similar negative fates. Until he sees a chap, who we would know as Claude Monet, painting. So the fox does too – and it's the most literal explanation for why the fox tail is called a brush you can get. I don't know why such a young audience need to know the colours 'cerulean' and 'cyan', but it's not just the vocab I find issue with – it's the completely daft and implausible story. Plus, the artwork holds not a patch of a patch on the original Monet. It's by no means offensively bad, but in a crowded market of really junior readers, this doesn't exactly shine.

I really enjoyed A Colorful Tail. The illustrations are unique and beautiful and the story is heart warming. The perfect book for winter cuddles by the fire. I will enjoy reading this to my daughter.