Munro leaf biography

          American author and illustrator, During his forty-year career in children's literature, Munro Leaf wrote and illustrated nearly forty books.

        1. American author and illustrator, During his forty-year career in children's literature, Munro Leaf wrote and illustrated nearly forty books.
        2. Born on December 4, , Leaf graduated from the University of Maryland in One Sunday afternoon in , as a favor to his friend.
        3. Munroe Wilbur Leaf was.
        4. Wilbur Monroe Leaf was an American writer of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his year career.
        5. William Munro Leaf was the author of some thirty popular books for children.

          6. Munroe Wilbur Leaf was....

          Munro Leaf

          American writer and illustrator (–)

          Wilbur Monroe Leaf (a.k.a.Munro Leaf) (December 4, – December 21, ) was an American writer of children's literature who wrote and illustrated nearly 40 books during his year career.

          He is best known for The Story of Ferdinand (), 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.

          Wilbur Munro Leaf was born in Baltimore, Md., on Dec. 4, , but grew up in Washington, D.C. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of.

          Early life

          Munroe Wilbur Leaf was born on December 4, , the son of Charles W Leaf () and Emma India Leaf in Hamilton, Maryland. Leaf had an older sister, Elizabeth W Leaf. By his family lived in Washington, D.C., where his father had established his career as a machinist at the Government Printing Office.[1][2] Leaf studied at the University of Maryland where he had played lacrosse and served as class treasurer, graduating in [3] He honeymooned with his wife Margaret Pope in Europe in [4] He graduated from Ha