Munro Leaf
December 04, 1905 – December 21, 1976
Place of Birth:
Hamilton, Maryland
Place of Death:
Garrett Park, Maryland
Wilbur Monroe Leaf ( Munro Leaf) (December 4, 1905 – December 21, 1976) 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. Labeled as subversive, it stirred an international controversy.