Munro Leaf

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Munro Leaf (December 4, 1905 – December 21, 1976), was an American author of children's literature. He's best known for his 1936 book The Story of Ferdinand, a story about a bull who preferred smelling flowers to bullfighting. The book sparked considerable controversy, as it was seen by some as pacifist; it was consequently banned in Nazi Germany.

Born in Hamilton, Maryland, he graduated from the University of Maryland in 1927, and from Harvard University with a master's degree in English literature in 1931. During the Second World War, he and Ted Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) created the pamphlet, This Is Ann, about a mosquito who spread malaria to men who failed to take precautions.

[edit] Bibliography

  • Lo, the Poor Indian (1934)
  • Grammar Can Be Fun (1934)
  • Robert Francis Weatherbee (1935)
  • The Story of Ferdinand (1936), illus. by Robert Lawson
  • Manners Can Be Fun (1936)
  • Noodle (1937), illus. by Ludwig Bemelmans
  • Safety Can Be Fun (1938)
  • Wee Gillis (1937), illus. by Robert Lawson
  • Fair Play (1939)
  • The Watchbirds: A Picture Book of Behavior (1939)
  • Your Library and Some People You Don't Want In It (1939)
  • John Henry Davis (1940)
  • More Watchbirds: A Picture Book of Behavior (1940)
  • Fly Away, Watchbirds!: A Picture Book of Behavior (1941)
  • The Story of Simpson and Sampson (1941), illus. by Robert Lawson
  • A War-Time Handbook for Young Americans (1942)
  • Health Can Be Fun (1943)
  • Gordon the Goat (1944)
  • Three and Thirty Watchbirds: A Picture Book of Behavior (1944)
  • Let's Do Better (1945)
  • How to Behave and Why (1946)
  • Boo, Who Used to Be Scared of the Dark (1948), illus. by Francis Tipto Hunter
  • Sam and the Superdroop (1948)
  • Arithmetic Can Be Fun (1949)
  • History Can Be Fun (1950)
  • Geography Can Be Fun (1952)
  • Lucky You (1955)
  • Three Promises to You (1957)
  • Science Can Be Fun (1958)
  • The Wishing Pool (1960)
  • Being an American Can Be Fun (1964)
  • Turnabout (1967)
  • Who Cares? I Do (1971)
  • Metric Can Be Fun (1976)
  • Four-and-Twenty Watchbirds (1990)
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