Bluebonnet at the Texas State Capitol (Bluebonnet Series)
"Texas, our Texas, all hail the mighty state!" sings Bluebonnet, the armadillo, as she begins the Texas State song on the grounds of the state capitol in Austin.    She soon meets Mac, a mockingbird, which happens to be the State bird of Texas. Mac offers to give Bluebonnet a tour of the capitol. They sneak inside, and Mac shows Bluebonnet statues of Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin. As they continue their tour, they see a group of schoolchildren, including two that are dressed up as a Longhorn and an armadillo! Why would they be dressed up like that?   That's exactly what Mac and Bluebonnet want to know, so they follow the students and find out that the children are meeting with the governor to try to decide on the official State mammal. Some children want the armadillo and others want the Longhorn. Which one will it be?   Soon, in an outdoor arena, they meet Mac's friend Bevo, a Longhorn. He wants to find out what the State mammal is going to be, too.  Together they find out. Which one will it be? Which would you vote for? Longhorn or armadillo?    A native of Louisiana, Casad resides in Carrollton, Texas. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Southern Methodist University and studied at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England. She is a frequent speaker in elementary schools, where she and her armadillo puppet encourage children in their reading and writing pursuits. An active United Methodist layperson, Casad has written five other children's books: Bluebonnet of the Hill Country, Bluebonnet at the Alamo, Bluebonnet at the State Fair of Texas, Bluebonnet at the Johnson Space Center, and Bluebonnet at Dinosaur Valley State Park. Illustrator Benjamin Vincent is a resident of Dallas, Texas, and is past president of the Dallas Society of Illustrators.