Munro Leaf

Wilbur Monroe Leaf (aka Munro Leaf) (4. december 1905 – 21. december 1976), var en amerikansk børnebogsforfatter, som skrev og illustrerede næsten 40 bøger i løbet af hans 40-årige karriere. Hans mest kendte værk er Tyren Ferdinand (1936). Bogen, der blev skrevet på under en time, skabte stor opstandelse på den tid.

Leaf, der blev født i Hamilton, Maryland, fik en bachelorgrad fra University of Maryland i 1927 og en kandidatgrad i engelsk litteratur fra Harvard University i 1931. Han underviste i secondary school og arbejdede senere som redaktør for forlaget Frederick A. Stokes Company. Leaf udtalte på et tidspunkt "Early on in my writing career I realized that if one found some truths worth telling they should be told to the young in terms that were understandable to them."

Bibliografi 
 Leaf, Munro, Grammar Can Be Fun New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1934.
 Mun (Munro Leaf) Lo, the Poor Indian New York: Leaf, Mahoney, Seidel & Stokes, 1934.
 Leaf, Munro, The Boy Who Would Not Go to School: Robert Francis Weatherbee New York, Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1935. Dansk oversættelse: Anton Hannibald Olsen
 Leaf, Munro, Manners Can Be Fun New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1936
 Leaf, Munro, Robert Lawson (illustrator). Tyren Ferdinand New York, Viking Press, 1936.
 Leaf, Munro, Ludwig Bemelmans (illustrator) Noodle New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937.
 Leaf, Munro, Robert Lawson (illustrator). Wee Gillis New York, Viking Press, 1938.
 Leaf, Munro, Dick Rose (illustrator) Listen Little Girl, Before You Come to New York New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1938.
 Leaf, Munro, Disney Illustrators. Walt Disney's Ferdinand the Bull New York, Dell Publishing, 1938.
 Leaf, Munro, The Watchbirds New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1938.
 Leaf, Munro, Safety Can Be Fun New York, Frederick A. Stokes company, 1938.
 Leaf, Munro, Fair Play New York, Frederick A. Stokes, 1939.
 Leaf, Munro, More Watchbirds: A Picture Book of Behavior New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1940.
 Leaf, Munro, John Henry Davis New York, Frederick A Stokes, 1940.
 Leaf, Munro, Fly Away, Watchbird: A Picture Book of Behavior New York, Frederick A Stokes Company. 1941.
 Leaf, Munro, Robert Lawson (illustrator). Aesop's Fables New York, Heritage Press, 1941.
 Leaf, Munro, Munro Leaf's Fun Book New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1941.
 Leaf, Munro, Robert Lawson. The Story of Simpson and Sampson. New York, Viking Press, 1941.
 Leaf, Munro, A War-Time Handbook for Young Americans Philadelphia: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1942.
 Leaf, Munro, My Book to Help America Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co. 1942.
 Leaf, Munro, Theodor Seuss Geisel (illustrator). This is Ann, She's Dying to Meet You. US Government War Department, Washington, 1943.
 Leaf, Munro, Health Can be Fun New York, J.B. Lippincott, 1943.
 Leaf, Munro, 3 and 30 Watchbirds: A Picture Book of Behavior Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1944.
 Leaf, Munro, Let's Do Better J.B. Lippincott Co., 1945.
 Calvert, John (Munro Leaf) Garrett Price (illustrator). Gwendolyn the Goose Random house, 1946.
 Leaf, Munro, How to Behave and Why Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1946.
 Leaf, Munro, Flock of Watchbirds New York, J.B. Lippincott, 1946.
 Leaf, Munro, Who is the Man Against the Marshall Plan Committee for the Marshall Plan, 1947.
 Leaf, Munro, Frances Tipton Hunte (Illustrator). Boo, Who Used to Be Scared of the Dark New York, Random House, 1948.
 Leaf, Munro, Sam and the Superdroop New York, Viking Press, 1948.
 Menninger, William C. (M.D.); Leaf, Munro. You and Psychiatry New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.
 Leaf, Munro, Arithmetic Can Be Fun Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1949.
 Leaf, Munro, History Can Be Fun Philadelphia: Lippincott Co. 1950.
 Leaf, Munro, The Danger of Hiding Our Heads Committee on the Present Danger, 1951.
 Leaf, Munro, Geography Can Be Fun! Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1951.
 Leaf, Munro, Reading Can Be Fun Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1953.
 Leaf, Munro, Lucky You J.B. Lippincott 1955.
 Leaf, Munro, How to Behave and Why J.B. Lippincott 1955.
 Leaf, Munro, Three Promises to You Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1957.
 Leaf, Munro, Science Can Be Fun Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott. 1958.
 Leaf, Munro, The Wishing Pool New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1960.
 Leaf, Munro, Being an American Can Be Fun Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott 1964.
 Leaf, Munro, Turnabout Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1967.
 Leaf, Munro, Gordon the Goat New York, Scholastic Book, 1968.
 Leaf, Munro, I Hate You Boston: Sterling Institute Press, 1968.
 Leaf, Munro, Who Cares? I Do New York, J.B. Lippincott, 1971.
 Leaf, Munro, Metric Can Be Fun Winnipeg, MB, Canada: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1976.
 Leaf, Munro, Four and Twenty Watchbirds Hamden, Connecticut: Linnet Books, 1990.
 Leaf, Munro, How to Speak Politely and Why Universe, 2005.

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