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The Story of Ferdinand (1936) is the best-known work written by American author Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson. The children's book tells the story of a bull who would rather smell flowers than fight in bullfights. He sits in the middle of the bull ring failing to take heed of any of the provocations of the matador and others to fight.

The story was adapted by Walt Disney as a short animated film entitled Ferdinand the Bull in 1938, in a style similar to his Silly Symphonies series. Ferdinand the Bull won the 1938 Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons).

A 3D feature-length computer-animated film adaptation, titled "Ferdinand", was released on December 15th, 2017. Produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios, it was directed by Carlos Saldanha. Ferdinand was nominated for Best Animated Film (losing to Coco) in the 90th Academy Awards.

History with the Macy's Parade[]

With the character's popularity on the rise, Munro Leaf sponsored a giant balloon based on the character in the 1938 Parade. Designed by Tony Sarg and J.F. Cooper, it would depict the character holding a small flower, while chewing grass as he makes his way down the Parade route. After the balloon's one-time Parade appearance, it would fly to Boston to appear in the Santason Parade, where it would appear from 1939 to 1941. As with many of the other balloons of the time period, it was donated for war efforts in World War II.

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