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, Old Woman and the animals sing to the
moon each night. Coyote attempts to join them, but his voice is so
terrible they beg him to stop. He is crushed and lashes out -- who needs
Moon anyway? Furious, Moon dives into a pond, plunging the world into
darkness. But clever Old Woman comes up with a plan to send Moon back up
into the sky and, thanks to Coyote, there she stays.
In Coyote's New Suit, mischievous Raven wreaks havoc when she suggests
that Coyote's toasty brown suit is not the finest in the forest, thus
prompting him to steal suits belonging to all the other animals.
Meanwhile, Raven tells the other animals to borrow clothes from the
humans' camp. When Coyote finds that his closet is too full, Raven slyly
suggests he hold a yard sale, then sends the human beings (in their
underwear) and the animals (in their ill-fitting human clothes) along
for the fun. A hilarious illustration of the consequences of wanting
more than we need.
Key Text Features
table of contents
illustrations
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language
Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5
Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the
beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
