The Bluebonnet Girl

A dramatic retelling of a Comanche legend of how Texas became known as the blue bonnet state.

"Come every spring
the bluebonnets cling
to prairies the showers renew.
Come, gather near,
settle down, and you€ll hear
of how the first bluebonnets grew."

This beautiful Comanche legend of how a young girl sacrifices her most precious possession, even as the bravest men refuse, to save her land and people from a terrible drought, is retold here in dramatic verse and striking full-color paintings.