I purchased this CD to listen during a long car trip with my 4 & 6 year old. It started out fine, and the author has a wonderful voice...until the background music began. At first it did not bother us, but at other times, the music was to the point where it distracted us from the story. Would have been better with NO background. We persisted with the CD - Hank is indeed a fun character for old and young alike - and then the coyotes were introduced. I do not think my kids picked up on on it, but it brought back recollections of denigrating portrayals of Native Americans. The word choice and intonation came across as condescending. It made me so uncomfortable to listen to that I can not recommend this to any of my friends. I will give it to the local library because perhaps others have a different point of view. After all, 50 other reviews on this site gave it 5 stars.