![]() ![]() In 1985 he wrote “A Grain of Wheat: A Writer Begins,” a short memoir aimed at children. After “The Donkey Cart” was accepted in 1946, he decided to focus on writing for children and left Missouri for Los Angeles. With encouragement from a friend and fellow writer, he tried a children’s book. In 1941 he wrote his only adult novel, “These Bright Young Dreams,” but it made no money because the publisher went bankrupt.īulla moved from the farm to King City, where he worked as a columnist and linotype operator for the weekly Tri-County News. He began submitting stories to magazines and with modest success helped his family make ends meet during the Depression. “Late at night, when the house was quiet, I sat up and wrote as long as I could stay awake,” Bulla said many years later. An enthusiastic reader who taught himself to play piano, he dropped out of high school after a year to work on the family farm but finished his studies through correspondence courses. He attended a one-room school and knew from an early age that he wanted to be a writer. ![]() And the next year the Southern California Council on Children’s Literature honored Bulla for his distinguished contribution to the field of children’s literature.īorn in 1914, Bulla grew up on a farm near King City, Mo., the youngest of four children. The Authors Club of Los Angeles named his “Benito” the outstanding juvenile book by a Southern California author in 1961. He also described the challenges faced by modern youths, most notably in “Shoeshine Girl” (1975), “The Chalk Box Kid” (1987) and “The Paint Brush Kid” (1999). ![]()
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