Once upon a time, high up in the snowy mountains, in a cozy cabin with her grandmother, lived a little girl whom everyone called Pickhead. Because she was never without her miner's pick, and because, well, she was pigheaded. Not the nicest way to say it, but once she's made up her mind to do something, there's no stopping her. A little determination and a lot of gumption take the indefatigable Pickhead across the continent and all the way to the Bayou to see her tap-dancing sister perform. That's the plan, at least, unless some poachers have something to say about it...

What do a wild grizzly, a gibbon, a boy on a bike, and a lady in a hot air balloon have in common? They're all converging on the hills Pickhead calls home! That's right, dear reader, Pickhead—the pigheaded little red riding-hooded girl with the big pickax, who can talk to animals—is back for more rip-roaring, hair-raising adventures with her Grammy, her tap-dancing sister Milady, and forest critters both native and less so. When a gibbon raised in captivity goes missing in the woods, Pickhead sets out to reunite him with his owner—while racing a forest fire!