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The Story of Ferdinand


The Story of Ferdinand 

By Munro Leaf with Drawings by Robert Lawson

Summary: In Spain, there lived a bull named Ferdinand. As a calf and as a full grown bull, he liked to sit underneath a cork tree and smell the flowers. One day, some men came to his pasture to search for the fiercest, fastest, and strongest bull to fight the Matador. While all of the other bulls began to run around and fight each other to show off their skills, Ferdinand calmly strode to his favorite cork tree and began to sit down. But he was not expecting to sit on a bee! When he did, he ran around jumping and snorting because it hurts so badly! The men saw Ferdinand and decided that he would be the one they would take to Madrid. 
When the day of the fight came, everyone in the stands were excited to see "Ferdinand the Fierce." But when they let him into the middle of the arena, he simply sat there and smelled all of the pretty flowers in all of the ladies' hair. The Matador and others tried to get him rilled up, but nothing would do it. The bull just sat and sniffed the flowers. Because of this, Ferdinand was taken back to his pasture where he sat, once again, under his favorite cork tree and smelled the flowers.

Review: This a classic tale that many generations have loved and cherished and generations to come will enjoy it as well. It is a great book to read aloud and is also great for individual readers. It has beautiful black and white drawings that add to the story. I would suggest this book to 1st-2nd graders.


-The Green Eyed Reader
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