Thomas King, who is of Cherokee and Greek descent, is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, scriptwriter, and photographer. His first novel, Medicine River, won several awards, including the PEN/Josephine Miles Award and the Writers Guild of Alberta Award, and was shortlisted for the 1991 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. It was also made into a CBC television movie. Green Grass, Running Water, his second novel, was shortlisted for the 1993 Governor General's Award and won the 1994 Canadian Authors Award for fiction. His highly praised short story collection, One Good Story, That One, was a Canadian bestseller, and his collection of Massey Lectures, The Truth About Stories, won the 2003 Trillium Book Award. He has also written three acclaimed children's books: A Coyote Columbus Story, Coyote Sings to the Moon, and Coyote's New Suit. Thomas King lives in Guelph, Ontario, and is an Associate Professor of English (teaching Native literature and creative writing) at the University of Guelph.

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Johnny wales has illustrated several books for children, including Gruntle Piggle Takes Off by Jean Little, Noguchi the Samuri, by Burt Konzak, and The Toronto Story, by claire Mackay. A native Torontonian, Wales and his wife currently live in Japan.

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Coyote Sings to the Moon

In this funny, humorously illustrated retelling of a First Nations coyote tale, we find out why it is that coyotes howl at the moon. Every night, Old Woman sings a song for the moon. The animals in the forest hear her one night, and all join in. Unfortunately, Coyote, who has the worst singing voice ever, decides that he should join in and scares the moon right out of the sky. Now they have to solve of the problem of how to get the moon back into the sky. Will Coyote’s usual bumbling help or hinder the quest to find a way to restore the moon?

Governor General’s Award nominee Thomas King’s other works include Coyote’s New Suit, A Coyote Columbus Story, and One Good Story, That One. He is also the creator of CBC’s Dead Dog Cafe Comedy Hour.