Story of Ferdinand, The by Munro Leaf; 1936. Hardcover (Ch-PIC)

A true classic with a timeless message, The Story of Ferdinand has enchanted readers since it was first published in 1936. All the other bulls would run and jump and butt their heads together. But Ferdinand would rather sit and smell the flowers. So what will happen when our pacifist hero is picked for the bullfights in Madrid? This new edition contains the complete original text of the story and the original illustrations with watercolor tones added.

Banned Book - This classic picture book has been challenged for "promoting a pacifist agenda." Ferdinand, thought to be the fiercest bull in all the land, turns out to be the most peaceful. Three months before the book was published in 1936, civil war broke out in Spain. With fears of a wider conflict in the world, interpretations of the book ran from Fascist or Communist propaganda to satire making fun of strikes to a mockery of peace-makers to promoting homosexuality by portraying Ferdinand as effeminate. Adolf Hitler ordered the book burned in Nazi Germany.