Book

The Story of Ferdinand

Munro Leaf

1936

Grosset & Dunlap

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

A young calf lazily smelling a flower upon which a butterfly is sitting.

His Moo Was Refined

What can explain The Story of Ferdinand’s remarkable appeal in its own moment—and its enduring popularity today?

by Jane Bayard Curley via New York Review of Books on May 2, 2026

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