CLYDE ROBERT BULLA
PRESENTS:
BORN TO BE A WRITERCLYDE ROBERT BULLA
BORN TO WRITEAlmost as far back as he can remember, Clyde Robert
Bulla wanted to write. Born on a farm in a small town in Missouri,
Mr. Bulla's first school was a one-room country schoolhouse. One
day his teacher asked each first grade student what he or she would
do with a thousand dollars. Young Clyde answered that he would buy
a table. His classmates laughed heartily, and his teacher was
puzzled. What I really meant, says Mr. Bulla, is a desk or other
flat surface on which to write my stories!
FIRST STORIESMr. Bulla's first piece of writing was titled, How
Planets Were Born. The ambitious opening sentence was, One night
old Mother Moon had a million babies. All through school, Mr. Bulla
continued to write stories mostly, but plays and poetry, too. After
years of gathering editor's rejection slips, Mr. Bulla sold a
magazine story, then several more. Soon after, Mr. Bulla wrote a
novel and a publisher accepted it.
The difficult yearsIn the excitement of publishing a novel, Mr.
Bulla wrote two more books. Unfortunately, no one wanted to publish
them. His luck took a turn for the worse when the publisher of his
first book went bankrupt. For several years, he worked at a local
weekly newspaper where he struggled with linotype, kept books,
collected bills, and wrote a weekly column.
SUCCESS!A couple of Mr. Bulla's weekly columns caught the
attention of a well-known author and illustrator of children's
books. She wrote to Mr. Bulla, suggesting that he try writing a
children's book. He immediately sent her a manuscript for a
children's book he'd written a year before. Within one week, an
editor of a New York publisher read the manuscript,and it was
accepted. The book was The Donkey Cart, published in 1946. After
that, Mr. Bulla wrote over twenty books for children, as well as
the music for several children's song books.
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BOOKS BY CLYDE ROBERT BULLAClyde Robert Bulla is best know for
writing exciting historical fiction stories that take place in the
past with lots of adventure. Some of these stories are:Viking
AdventureA Lion To Guard UsThe Sword In the TreeThe Ghost of Windy
HillThe Secret ValleyPirates PromiseRiding the Pony ExpressEagle
Feather
BIOGRAPHIESBesides fiction, Clyde Robert Bulla also enjoyed
writing non-fiction titles for children, including biographies of
famous Native American Indians, Pocahontas and Squanto.After a
long, successful career writing books for children, Clyde Robert
Bulla died in Missouri in 2007 at the age of 93.
GHOST TOWN TREASUREThe book were going to read by Mr. Bulla is
called Ghost Town Treasure and is about a boy who lives alone with
his parents... In a ghost town!When two pen-pals come to visit him,
they discover a clue to what might be a lost treasure of gold!
What is a ghost town?A ghost town is a town that has been
abandoned by all the people.Usually these were mining or lumber
towns, and when the mines stopped producing, or the lumber was all
used up, people moved away to find new work.They would take only
what they could carry, leaving all the buildings and other large
things behind to decay.
UTAH GHOST TOWNSDoes Utah have any ghost towns?Yes! Utah is home
to over 140 ghost towns!If you visit www.ghosttowns.com you can see
all the ghost towns in our state, with directions on how to get
there, and pictures of whats still there!
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BIBLIOGRAPHYhttp://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/clyde-robert-bullahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Robert_Bullahttp://www.ghosttowns.com/
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