The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf

The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf | As delightful to read aloud as it is to listen to...

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The Story of Ferdi...

	The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf Viking Juvenile, 1936 - 72 pages average customer review:based on 81 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Timeless Classic

I received this book from my Grandfather when I was little. It was his favorite story and he read it when he was a child, if that tells you how long it's been around. (At least since the 20s.) The concept that you must be who you are no matter what the circumstances coupled with the concept that appearances can be deceiving is something that every child should consider. I bought the books for my two sons and at the ages of 13 and 11, they still love the story.

As delightful to read aloud as it is to listen to...

Parents of young children are called upon to read a beloved book over, and over, and over again. Most children's books, if not dreary on the first read, certainly become dreary by the tenth or eleventh read. Not Ferdinand! Every time you read about Ferdinand's understanding mother (even though she was a cow)and every time you catch the expression on the bee's face just before Ferdinand chooses that fateful spot to sit...well, it's just magic. Get it before you think your kids are "ready" and read it after you think they are "beyond" it.

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I'm sorry I never found it till now

Luckily my wife knew this book as I had never heard of it.

At first I was concerned about the story line as I read it (thinking of what goes on in Bull fights and my little girl) but the story is masterful written and the pictures are well done as to eliminate concern.

Ferdinand is a gentle bull that loves to smell flowers under a tree rather then play, play bump heads, and dream of being in the bull fights in Madrid. One day a group comes looking for the biggest toughest bull they can find. Ferdinand was going to do his usual thing of sitting under a tree and smelling flowers but he sits on a Bee. He gets stung and charges around like crazy and so they pick him.

My girl doesn't like bees as she was stung by one. However, the look on Ferdinand's face made it funny for her.

Ferdinand goes to the fights and simply sits in the middle of the ring and smells the scent from the flowers in women's hair. Nothing will make him fight and he angers, depresses and makes the matadors cry since they can't show off.

He is returned to his field and quickly returns to sitting under his tree and smelling the flowers.

It's a sweet story and I think I will be reading it for a long time.

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Memory Lane

This was one of my most favorite books when I was a child. Munro Leaf is a superb artist with a humorous eye. His story carries a subtle message against violence.

I bought "Ferdinand" so I could read it again (twice!) and sent it to one of my great nephews as a Christmas gift.

Ferdinand

I purchased Ferdinand to give to my grandchildren. It was my favorite book when I was in grade school. When one of my grandson's opened it his father (my son) got all excited and said it had been one of his favorite books too. By the way I am a woman, so suitable for both sexes.

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