Munro Leaf
(1905 - 1976)
Wilbur Monroe Leaf was an American author of children’s literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his 40-year career. He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (1936), a children’s classic which he wrote on a yellow legal-length pad in less than an hour.
Bibliography
Aesop’s Fables (1941)
Here are all the old familiar fables from The Hare and the Tortoise to The Fox and the Crow and many others that are not as well known. This is The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf edition. It is a smaller format than the original Heritage Press edition printed on light weight, uncoated paper (which is subject to considerable foxing) and lacks the colophon. The design of the box is the same as the dust jacket.
There is also a Heritage Reprints edition, slightly smaller in size on even thinner but coated paper. Between the two the Reprints edition shows the illustrations to better advantage.
Munro Leaf
Aesop's Fables (1941)
Here are all the old familiar fables in modern English, from the Hare and the Tortoise to the Boy Who Called Wolf. This is the original large format edition printed in three colors of ink on heavy Worthy paper.
Munro Leaf
Noodle (1937)
Noodle the wiener dog thinks it might be nice to be a different shape - or would it?
The Story of Ferdinand (1936)
Ferdinand liked to sit just quietly under the cork tree and smell the flowers, but the five men in funny hats want to take him to Madrid to fight in the bull fights.
Read online at archive.org.
The Story of Simpson and Sampson (1941)
Simpson and Sampson are twins. Simpson is always well behaved, Sampson, quite the other. Or is it the other way ’round? Another collaboration between the author and illustrator of Ferdinand.
Wee Gillis (1938)
This is the story of how Wee Gillis decides whether to live in the Scottish lowlands like his mother’s family or in the highlands like his father’s people.
This is the second book by the author and illustrator of Ferdinand.
Read online at archive.org.
Wee Gillis (1938)
This is the story of how Wee Gillis decides whether to live in the Scottish lowlands like his mother’s family, or in the highlands like his father’s people. This is the second book by the author and illustrator of Ferdinand.
This is the limited edition: 525 copies bound in burlap and signed by the author and illustrator.
Wee Gillis (1938)
Wee Gillis must decide whether to be a Lowlander like his mother and raise long-haired cows or a Highlander like his father and stalk stags. This is the British first edition.