Two tales, set in a time "when animals and human beings still talked to each other," display Thomas King's cheeky humor and master storytelling skills. Freshly illustrated and reissued as an early chapter book, these stories are perfect for newly independent readers. In Coyote Sings to the Moon , Coyote is at first the cause of misfortune. In those days, when the moon was much brighter and closer to the earth, Old Woman and the animals would sing...

Coyote tries to trick his friends when they set off to find buried treasure, but Coyote ends up the victim of trickery too.

A city dog named Cleo and a coyote named Tricky have an adventure together in the desert and discover how much they have in common.