Munro Leaf

American author Munro Leaf wrote The Story of Ferdinand in 1936.

by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson

The Story of Ferdinand, written by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson for children aged 3 to 5, is a story about a bull named Ferdinand who would much rather sit among the flowers than butt heads with other bulls.

on a 1938 classic story by Munro Leaf & Robert Lawson

The Ferdinand story is based on a 1938 classic story by Munro Leaf & Robert Lawson.

Munroe Leaf

Seventy-five years after Munroe Leaf wrote The Story of Ferdinand, young readers still respond to young readers's gentle humor, young readers's advocacy of taking one’s own direction, and young readers's happy ending.

Monro Leaf

Monro Leaf was born December 4, and is the author of The Story of Ferdinand.

Frei João Álvares

Henry commissioned Frei João Álvares to compose the chronicle of Ferdinand's imprisonment as a piece of Christian hagiography (although Álvares does not quite endorse the Henrican interpretation of events).

Robert L. Baird, Tim Federle and Brad Copeland

The film was based on Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson's children's book The Story of Ferdinand, written by Robert L. Baird, Tim Federle and Brad Copeland and directed by Carlos Saldanha.

written by Ron Burch, David Kidd and Don Rhymer

The story, written by Ron Burch, David Kidd and Don Rhymer, follows a gentle pacifist bull named Ferdinand who refuses to participate in bullfighting but is forced back into the arena where Don Rhymer's beliefs are challenged by being faced off against the world's greatest bullfighter.

Álvares

After returning to Portugal, Prince Henry commissioned Álvares to draft a chronicle of Ferdinand's life.

illustrator Robert Lawson,

The film is based on the 1936 book “The Story of Ferdinand” by author Munro Leaf and illustrator Robert Lawson, a charming tale about how appearances can be deceptive, along with the message of love and acceptance.

Céline

The hero's first name, Ferdinand, is shared with Céline, the author/narrator for whom Céline acts as a surrogate.

Ignatius Sancho

The author was Ignatius Sancho, sort of an earlier, British version of Frederick Douglass.

Leaf and Lawson’s quiet, courageous act of persuasion — a testament to Ursula K. Le Guin’s insistence that what imaginative art and storytelling give us

The Story of Ferdinand was Leaf and Lawson’s quiet, courageous act of persuasion — a testament to Ursula K. Le Guin’s insistence that what imaginative art and storytelling give us is the ability to imagine alternative endings as attainable.

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss wrote The Story of Ferdinand on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour for Dr. Seuss's friend, illustrator Robert Lawson, who also illustrated the book.

on a rainy Sunday afternoon in just 40 minutes for Ferdinand's friend, Robert Lawson, who felt constricted by publishers’ ideas

The Story of Ferdinand was penned on a rainy Sunday afternoon in just 40 minutes for Ferdinand's friend, Robert Lawson, who felt constricted by publishers’ ideas.

Paul Zehendter von Zehendtgrueb

The book was written by Paul Zehendter von Zehendtgrueb, the secretary of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria.

Celia Zukofsky's prose fiction

Celia Zukofsky's prose fiction includes Ferdinand (1968) and the novel Little: For Careenagers (1970) about a youthful violin child prodigy modeled on Celia Zukofsky's son.

Frederick the Second of Hohenstaufen

The book is inherited from a Dominican friar, who brought who from Augsburg; a German emperor, Frederick the Second of Hohenstaufen, was the author.

Fire Chief James Bennett

Everyone expects the whole mill to go, in which case we will be ruined,' Fire Chief James Bennett wrote Ferdinand.

Francisco de Fermín

Nicolás Enríquez claimed that the author could be Francisco de Fermín, around 1635.