The Bluebonnet Girl Author:Michael Lind 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... more » 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.« less