![]() ![]() Ferdinand is a little bull who much prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree - just smelling the flowers –to jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. One of the bestselling children’s books of all time, this simple story of peace and contentment has withstood the test of many generations. I know it isn’t probably the answer that one is expecting to say, “Oh no, it was the first time I read Much Ado About Nothing of Shakespeare,” or something. One can only keep so many copies of the same children’s book, but that was a book that inspired me as a very young child. I still think of that book, and every time I mention it somebody sends me another copy of Ferdinand the Bull. I love Ferdinand the Bull because Ferdinand didn’t look like the rest of the animals and therefore had to think highly of himself to sort of get on in life. “When I was about five, I read a book that still remains one of my favorites, and I give it to all of the little children in my family, and it’s Ferdinand the Bull. ![]()
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