I have two picture books for your reading pleasure today, one vintage and one very new.  They are both simple, beautiful stories.  One has endured and the other is a lot of fun. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf This enduring, endearing story was penned in 1936 and is still popular today.  A baby bull in Spain loves to sit quietly by himself in the field, smelling the flowers.  Unlike the rest of the young bulls, he harbours no dream of cavorting with red rags in the bull rings of the city. As he gets older he grows into an enormous bull, but his love of flowers doesn’t abate.  When men in funny hats come to select the biggest, fiercest bull for the…