The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf - Child Book, Ferdinand the Bull

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Share the joy and charm of The Story of Ferdinand the bull with your favorite young reader!

Written by Munro Leaf. Illustrated by Robert Lawson. Reissued c 2000s, 90th printing. Viking, a division of Penguin Books.

"Once upon a time in Spain there was a little bull and his name was Ferdinand.

"All the other little bulls he lived with would run and jump and butt their heads together, but not Ferdinand.

"He liked to sit just quietly and smell the flowers."

A bumblebee brings the adult Ferdinand to the attention of men from the Madrid bullfights, but their efforts to make him into the most impressive star of the bullfights are no match for sitting under his favorite cork tree, smelling the flowers.

Munro Leaf (1905 - 1976) wrote over forty books for children, collaborating with artist Robert Lawson on four. He wrote The Story of Ferdinand for Lawson, challenging him to reflect the story's humor in his artwork. "There's no better passport through the world than a smile and a laugh." However, originally published in 1936, seeing Ferdinand as a symbol of pacifism or communist propaganda, the book was banned in Spain, burned in Nazi Germany, and derided by certain American critics. Which of course contributed to it becoming wildly popular. It's been in continual publication ever since. Walt Disney's Ferdinand the Bull won an Academy Award in 1938.

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Condition*: Near Fine/Very Good. Dust Jacket: Light shelf wear. Pages are clean, undamaged, and complete.

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