The lives of an artistic twelve-year old Greek immigrant's son and a half-dog, half-coyote puppy cross as each struggles with the problems of survival in New York City.
Photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the lives of coyotes, discussing how they communicate, what they look like, how they eat, and where they live.
Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the coyote and discusses its struggles for survival in the face of determined efforts by man to eradicate the species.
In his search for food, a young coyote moves into an area between the forest and a house, where he interacts with birds, a rattlesnake, and a woodrat before returning to the forest and settling down for the night. Includes a fact page about coyotes.