A Colorful Tail
Finding Monet at Giverny
Published on 28. March 2019
Book
Hardback
40 pages
978-0-7643-5705-3 (ISBN)
Description
Providing a delightful introduction to Claude Monet, this brightly illustrated story follows a young fox who learns to capture nature's beauty with some guidance from the famous artist.
Featuring lush illustrations that pay homage to artist Claude Monet's work and depict his garden in Giverny, France,
this charming story imagines a relationship between the famous painter
and the fox who lives in his garden.
The young red fox admires the collage of colors in the landscape that surrounds him. More than anything, he wants to make the colors last as the seasons pass and the winter turns cold and bleak. Try as he might, his creations are blown away, flooded, and even eaten by a deer, until the sight of Monet at his easel and an unexpected encounter with a bumble bee show the gentle fox how he can make the colors last all year long.
Also available from the Artists and Their Animals series:
A Purr-fect Painting: Matisse's Other Great Cat
A Bone for Bo: Painting with Georgia O'Keeffe
Featuring lush illustrations that pay homage to artist Claude Monet's work and depict his garden in Giverny, France,
this charming story imagines a relationship between the famous painter
and the fox who lives in his garden.
The young red fox admires the collage of colors in the landscape that surrounds him. More than anything, he wants to make the colors last as the seasons pass and the winter turns cold and bleak. Try as he might, his creations are blown away, flooded, and even eaten by a deer, until the sight of Monet at his easel and an unexpected encounter with a bumble bee show the gentle fox how he can make the colors last all year long.
Also available from the Artists and Their Animals series:
A Purr-fect Painting: Matisse's Other Great Cat
A Bone for Bo: Painting with Georgia O'Keeffe
Reviews / Votes
A Colorful Tail: Finding Monet at Giverny by Joan Waites is brightly illustrated picture book tale is a delightful and entertaining introduction to Claude Monet for children ages 5-6 and an especially recommended addition to family, elementary school, and community library collections. -- Midwest Book Review, Children's BookwatchMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Atglen
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 0 to 6 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
31 color images
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 236 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-5705-3 (9780764357053)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
11/2024
Schiffer Kids
€10.69
Available for download
Person
Joan Waites is an award-winning author-illustrator with more than 50 titles published for the children's trade and educational markets. A former adjunct faculty member of the Corcoran Museum's school of art and design for their aspiring artists programs, she continues to teach art for children and adults. Joan is a member of the Children's Book Guild of Washington, DC, and the National Art Educators Association; she previously served as the Mid-Atlantic SCBWI Illustrator Coordinator. Visit her at joanwaites.com or follow her on Instagram (@joanwaites).?