Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist, Vincent Van Gogh, rhyming text tells a story from the artwork.

A boy reccounts how he took on the attitude of the adults around him and bullied an eccentric painter in 1880's France, before discovering that there is more than one way to see the world.

Sherlock Holmes chases art dealer Theo Van Gogh through Paris on the trail of a forgery ring responsible for the theft of some of the Louvre's greatest masterpieces, only to happen upon the scene of the pronounced suicide and suspected murder of Vincent Van Gogh.