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.

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Leaf, Munro, Grammar can be fun. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1934.
Mun (Munro Leaf) Lo, The Poor Indian. New York, Leaf, Mahoney, Seidel & Stokes, 1934
Leaf, Munro, The Boy Who Would Not go to School: Robert Francis Weatherbee. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1935
Leaf, Munro, Manners can be Fun. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936
Leaf, Munro, Robert Lawson (illustrator). The Story of Ferdinand. New York, Viking Press, 1936
Leaf, Munro, Ludwig Bemelmans (illustrator) Noodle. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937
Leaf, Munro, Robert Lawson (illustrator). Wee Gillis. New York, Viking Press, 1938
Leaf, Munro, Dick Rose (illustrator) Listen Little Girl, Before You Come to New York. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1938
Leaf, Munro, Disney Illustrators. Walt Disney's Ferdinand the Bull. New York, Dell Publishing, 1938
Leaf, Munro, The Watchbirds. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1938
Leaf, Munro, Safety Can Be Fun. New York, Frederick A. Stokes company, 1938
Leaf, Munro, Fair Play. New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1939
Leaf, Munro, More Watchbirds A Picture Book of Behavior. New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company 1940
Leaf, Munro, John Henry Davis. New York, Frederick A Stokes, 1940
Leaf, Munro, Fly Away, Watchbird a Picture Book of Behavior. New York, Frederick A Stokes Company. 1941
Leaf, Munro, Robert Lawson (illustrator). Aesop's Fables. New York, Heritage Press, 1941
Leaf, Munro, Munro Leaf's Fun Book. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1941
Leaf, Munro, Robert Lawson. The Story of Simpson and Sampson. New York, Viking Press, 1941
Leaf, Munro, A War-Time Handbook for Young Americans. Philadelphia: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1942
Leaf, Munro, My Book to Help America. Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co. 1942
Leaf, Munro, Theodor Seuss Geisel (illustrator). This is Ann, She's Dying to Meet You. US Government War Department, Washington, 1943
Leaf, Munro, Health Can be Fun. New York, J.B. Lippincott, 1943
Leaf, Munro, 3 AND 30 Watchbirds, A Picture Book of Behavior. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1944
Leaf, Munro, Let's Do Better. J.B. Lippincott Co., 1945
Calvert, John (Munro Leaf) Garrett Price (illustrator). Gwendolyn the Goose. Random house, 1946
Leaf, Munro, How to Behave and Why. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1946
Leaf, Munro, Flock of Watchbirds. New York, J.B. Lippincott, 1946
Leaf, Munro, Who is the Man Against the Marshall Plan. Committee for the Marshall Plan, 1947(?)
Leaf, Munro, Frances Tipton Hunte (Illustrator). Boo, Who Used to be Scared of the Dark. New York, Random House, 1948
Leaf, Munro, Sam and the Superdroop. New York, Viking Press, 1948
Menninger, William C. (M.D.); Leaf, Munro. You and Psychiatry. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948
Leaf, Munro, Arithmetic Can be Fun. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1949
Leaf, Munro, History Can Be Fun. Philadelphia: Lippincott Co. 1950
Leaf, Munro, The Danger of Hiding our Heads. Committee on the Present Danger, 1951
Leaf, Munro, Geography Can be Fun! Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1951
Leaf, Munro, Reading Can be Fun. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1953
Leaf, Munro, Lucky You. J.B. Lippincott 1955
Leaf, Munro, How to Behave and Why. J.B. Lippincott 1955
Leaf, Munro, Three Promises to You. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1957
Leaf, Munro, Science Can be Fun. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott. 1958
Leaf, Munro, The Wishing Pool. New York J.B. Lippincott, 1960
Leaf, Munro, Being an American Can Be Fun. Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott 1964
Leaf, Munro, Turnabout. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1967
Leaf, Munro, Aesop's Fables. New York, The Heritage Press, 1941
Leaf, Munro, The Wishing Pool. New York, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1960
Leaf, Munro, Gordon the Goat. New York, Scholastic Book, 1968
Leaf, Munro, I Hate You. Boston: Sterling Institute Press, 1968
Leaf, Munro, Who Cares? I Do. New York, J.B. Lippincott, 1971
Leaf, Munro, Metric Can Be Fun. Winnipeg, MB, Canada: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1976
Leaf, Munro, Four and Twenty Watchbirds. Hamden, CT, Linnet Books, 1990
Leaf, Munro, How to Speak Politely and Why. Universe, 2005