Coyote is waiting for his friends to come over for a mid-winter celebration when a human girl dressed up as a reindeer shows up. Coyote, at a loss for what to do, lets her in and then when his friends arrive, they decide to take her back to where she belongs. They track her tracks to a mall. The other animals are overwhelmed by the holiday insanity of the mall, but Coyote rushes around amazed by all the wonderful things until he realizes the cost. The girl returned home, the animals return to Coyote's home and enjoy their celebration together.

This book is about a forest friends and how they are getting ready for other friends to come over. Then a human comes and they are shocked because they usually don't see humans anymore, and then they go on an adventure to try and take the human back. I would recommend this book to kindergarten, I think it is a funny little book and personally enjoyed it.

This book is recommended for secondary students. This book depicts a coyote and other animals as they meet a human girl, and the interactions in the mall that follow. ( )

This is a cute story by a Native author. It almost has an anti-consumerist message, but it stumbles a bit when the problem is paying for things instead of the things themselves. ( )

This is an updated native American morality tale, it teaches readers that people and relationships are more precious than objects.