A Coyote Solstice Tale
- Subject
- Legends, Myths, Fables - General
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 64
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books
- Size
- 14.2 cm × 20.3 cm
- ISBN
- 9780888999290
Trickster Coyote experiences the pitfalls of excessive consumption in this comically irreverent solstice tale.
Trickster Coyote is having his friends over for a festive solstice get-together in the woods when a little girl comes by unexpectedly. She leads the party-goers through the snowy woods to a shopping mall -- a place they have never seen before.
Coyote gleefully shops with abandon, only to discover that filling your shopping cart with goodies is not quite the same thing as actually paying for them. The trickster is tricked and goes back to his cabin in the woods -- somewhat subdued -- though nothing can keep Coyote down for long.
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.
About the creators
Thomas KingAuthor
THOMAS KING has written several highly acclaimed children’s books, including A Coyote Columbus Story, illustrated by William Kent Monkman, a Governor General’s Award finalist. He was a Professor of English at the University of Guelph for many years. He has won the Governor General’s Award for his adult fiction and has been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
Gary ClementIllustrator
GARY CLEMENT is an award-winning author and illustrator. He has won the Governor General’s Award (Illustration) for The Great Poochini and was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award (Illustration) for Just Stay Put, and Oy, Feh, So by Cary Fagan. He has also illustrated A Coyote Solstice Tale by Thomas King and Stories from Adam and Eve to Ezekiel by Celia Barker Lottridge. He is the editorial cartoonist for the National Post, and his work has appeared in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. Gary lives in Toronto where he regularly exhibits his drawings and paintings.
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What reviewers said
“This critique of consumerism has the irreverent, biting humour of all King's Coyote stories.”
“Dryly humorous cartoon illustrations in pen-and-ink and watercolor wash put Coyote’s emotions on full display.”
“This witty winter tale deftly skewers the materialistic aspect of the holiday season in a humorous, trenchant way.”
“The humor is dry and affectionate, the rhyming text delights with sly turns of phrase, the watercolor cartoons are whimsical … [A] holiday treat.”
“[A] splendid satirical romp, with an equally splendid profusion of watercolour illustrations by the inimitable Gary Clement.”
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