The Story Of Ferdinand
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Beneath the blazing sun of the Spanish countryside lives Ferdinand, the most unusual bull in all of Spain — a gentle giant who would rather sit quietly beneath his favourite cork tree, smelling flowers, than charge and snort with the other bulls dreaming of glory in the Madrid bullfighting ring. When a bee's fateful sting sends Ferdinand on a wild, thunderous display that catches the eye of the men who select bulls for the great corrida, he is swept from his peaceful meadow and thrust into the roaring spectacle of the bullring — only to confound everyone who expected a beast and found, instead, a philosopher. First published in 1936, Munro Leaf's deceptively simple tale — brought vividly to life by Robert Lawson's charming, expressive drawings — has endured for nearly a century as one of the most quietly radical works in children's literature. On the surface a warm and witty story of a bull who simply wants to be himself, it carries within it a profound meditation on pacifism, individuality, and the courage it takes to resist the world's expectations. Beloved by children and cherished by adults, The Story of Ferdinand leaves its reader with one irresistible question: is it truly so strange to prefer the scent of flowers to the sound of a crowd?
Author: Munro Leaf
Format: Hardback
Genre: Childrens fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Beneath the blazing sun of the Spanish countryside lives Ferdinand, the most unusual bull in all of Spain — a gentle giant who would rather sit quietly beneath his favourite cork tree, smelling flowers, than charge and snort with the other bulls dreaming of glory in the Madrid bullfighting ring. When a bee's fateful sting sends Ferdinand on a wild, thunderous display that catches the eye of the men who select bulls for the great corrida, he is swept from his peaceful meadow and thrust into the roaring spectacle of the bullring — only to confound everyone who expected a beast and found, instead, a philosopher. First published in 1936, Munro Leaf's deceptively simple tale — brought vividly to life by Robert Lawson's charming, expressive drawings — has endured for nearly a century as one of the most quietly radical works in children's literature. On the surface a warm and witty story of a bull who simply wants to be himself, it carries within it a profound meditation on pacifism, individuality, and the courage it takes to resist the world's expectations. Beloved by children and cherished by adults, The Story of Ferdinand leaves its reader with one irresistible question: is it truly so strange to prefer the scent of flowers to the sound of a crowd?