The Legend of the Bluebonnet

Author/Contributor(s):	dePaola, Tomie
Publisher:	G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Date:	3/25/1983
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Thick clusters of vivid blue flowers, which resemble old-fashioned sunbonnets, cover the Texas hills in the springtime every year. These lovely wild flowers, known by the name of bluebonnet, are the state flower of Texas.

This favorite legend based on Comanche Indian lore, tells the story of how the bluebonnet came to be. Tomie dePaola's powerful retelling and his magnificent full-color paintings perfectly capture the Comanche People, the Texas hills, and the spirit of She-Who-Is-Alone, a little girl who made a sacrifice to save her tribe.