On September 11, 1936, a boyish-looking ex-lightweight champion of Harvard named Munro Leaf published a 64-page children’s book called Ferdinand. It was the tale of a Spanish bull that refused to ...

William Munro Leaf was the author of some thirty popular books for children. During his lifetime, "The Story of Ferdinand" (1936), his tale about a Spanish bull who would rather smell flowers than ...

The Maryland Writers’ Association created the Writers’ Round Table Program to encourage writers, poets, playwrights and authors through monthly articles and activities.

Perhaps it is the fact that my grandson is visiting, but this piece from Marginalia caught my eye. It is the background story of Ferdinand the Bull, whom I first met as a child in the book and Disney ...