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Hitler banned it; Gandhi loved it:
From https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/hitler-banned-it-gandhi-loved-it-the-story-of-ferdinand-the-book-and-now-film/2017/12/11/43a03e8c-de7f-11e7-bbd0-9dfb2e37492a_story.html?utm_term=.b9023d906646
“The Story of Ferdinand,” by Munro Leaf (Grosset & Dunlap)
Hitler banned it; Gandhi loved it: ‘The Story of Ferdinand,’ the book and, now, film
By Karen MacPherson December 12 at 8:00 AM
The project began as a lark, an author’s hasty effort to write a children’s book manuscript for his artist friend to illustrate. Yet the resulting picture book, “The Story of Ferdinand,” became an immediate bestseller and cultural touchstone.
Both Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco banned it. Gandhi and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt admired it. Published in 1936, the story of the peaceful, flower-sniffing bull written by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson is considered a classic of American children’s literature and has never been out of print.
The book is now the basis for the animated film “Ferdinand,” which opens Friday in theaters, with the main character voiced by the wrestler-actor John Cena. (A 1938 Disney film adaptation won an Academy Award.) There are new characters, plot twists and some slapstick humor, but the film retains the “stay true to yourself” message at the core of the book. Perhaps it helps that one of the screenwriters is Tim Federle, who is an award-winning children’s book author.
“ ‘The Story of Ferdinand’ is one of several examples of how a children’s book went out into the pop culture and had an impact far beyond the library world,” said Leonard S. Marcus, children’s literature historian and author of “Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children’s Literature.”
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By Karen MacPherson December 12 at 8:00 AM
The project began as a lark, an author’s hasty effort to write a children’s book manuscript for his artist friend to illustrate. Yet the resulting picture book, “The Story of Ferdinand,” became an immediate bestseller and cultural touchstone.
Both Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco banned it. Gandhi and Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt admired it. Published in 1936, the story of the peaceful, flower-sniffing bull written by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson is considered a classic of American children’s literature and has never been out of print.
The book is now the basis for the animated film “Ferdinand,” which opens Friday in theaters, with the main character voiced by the wrestler-actor John Cena. (A 1938 Disney film adaptation won an Academy Award.) There are new characters, plot twists and some slapstick humor, but the film retains the “stay true to yourself” message at the core of the book. Perhaps it helps that one of the screenwriters is Tim Federle, who is an award-winning children’s book author.
“ ‘The Story of Ferdinand’ is one of several examples of how a children’s book went out into the pop culture and had an impact far beyond the library world,” said Leonard S. Marcus, children’s literature historian and author of “Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children’s Literature.”
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