Bluebonnet at the Texas State Capitol

by Mary Brooke Casad, Benjamin Vincent (Illustrator)

Overview

After singing the Texas state song, Bluebonnet admires the Goddess of Liberty statue on top of the state capitol dome. Filled with pride, she wishes that she could climb to the top to see the statue up close. To her amazement, someone tells Bluebonnet that he has been to the top, more than three hundred feet above the ground!

The voice that seems to come from nowhere belongs to Mac, a mockingbird, who happens to be the state bird of Texas. Mac offers to give Bluebonnet a tour of the Texas state capitol building.

While inside, they discover that a group of schoolchildren are meeting with the governor to decide on the state mammal. Some children want the state mammal to be the armadillo, while others want it to be the Longhorn. Which one will it be?

Once again outside, the pair meet Bevo, a Longhorn interested in the outcome of the children's decision. Bevo is a friend of Mac's, and Bluebonnet makes another new friend. That, after all, is more important than what the state mammal of Texas will be. Isn't it?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681793641
Publisher:	Eakin Press
Publication date:	02/07/2024
Series:	Bluebonnet the Armadillo
Pages:	34
Sales rank:	943,829
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.09(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Mary Brooke Casad spent her childhood summers in the Texas Hill Country at Camp Waldemar, where she was first introduced to armadillos! She is the author of the Bluebonnet Armadillo Adventure Series, written to teach Texas children about their rich local heritage. www.bluebonnetarmadillo.comA native of Louisiana, Mary Brooke received a journalism degree from Southern Methodist University. She has written for numerous publications and edited "The Waldemar Story: Camping in the Texas Hill Country." A life-long United Methodist, she has served both as a volunteer and lay professional. Her husband, Dr. Victor E. Casad, is a United Methodist clergyman. They have two sons, a daughter-in-law and three grandchildren.

BJamN (Benjamin) Vincent has been illustrating Bluebonnet the Armadillo's adventures across Texas for over 20 years. Based in Dallas, BJamN does artwork for advertising agencies, and creates cartoons and caricatures for a variety of events, productions, and uses. He left Dallas briefly to attend Art Center College of Design in California and high-tailed it back home to Texas as quickly as he could after receiving a BA in illustration.