When Vivian is disrespectful to the trees and the land, Grandma relates the Paitue legend of the trickster god Sinawav the coyote who turned the bad Old Ones into stone columns.

In this Southwestern version of the Gingerbread Man, a tortilla runs away from the woman who is about to cook him.

Brokenhearted when her best friend departs for the summer, Ivy spends her own summer caring for animals in the mid-century Southwest, sharing her season of discovery with a stubborn pony, a mischievous puppy, and a scarred racehorse.