Coyote Christmas: A Lakota Story

Coyote Christmas is a story about the cunning coyote that would do anything to get a meal. The story teaches about making choices and that there is good in all that we do. When we do make choices that are not good, there are consequences to our actions. This story could be used in a grade 3‐5 classroom as an example of a modern trickster tale.

Resource format: Picturebook

Age recommendation: grades 3-5

Keywords: Lakota, trickster, storytelling, oral tradition, family, generosity, Christmas

Year of publication: 2007

Publisher information: Harry N. Abrams