Arts & Events : Literature
Children's author makes large contribution to Kirkpatrick Library
Sep 4, 2008, 2:55 PM
digitalBURG staff
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Robert Bulla, a professional author of children's literature, has made an estate gift through the UCM Foundation to support children's literature activities at the James C. Kirkpatrick Library.
Bulla, who died May 23, 2007 at the age of 93, made the donation through a transfer of copyright ownership and royalties to the library for the sale of his books which are still in print. It also includes a collection of Bulla's own books and drawings, as well as printed woks and original art by other well-known children's authors and illustrators who were his longtime friends. The items are being kept in the Philip A. Sadler Research Collection for Children and Young Adults, on the library's second floor.
The University has received it's first-year royalties which total more than $56,000.
"He made an outstanding contribution to his field, and we're excited that this gift allows us to share his legacy," Mollie Dinwiddie, dean of library services said.
She also said the gift showed his desire to provid an environment that stimulates an interest in reading among young people.
After establishing himself as a children's author with The Donkey Cart in 1946, he went on to write dozens of children's books. The Sword in the Tree, Shoeshine Girl, The Chalk Box Kid and Daniel's Duck are a few of his 71 published works in the library's inventory.
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Bulla, who died May 23, 2007 at the age of 93, made the donation through a transfer of copyright ownership and royalties to the library for the sale of his books which are still in print. It also includes a collection of Bulla's own books and drawings, as well as printed woks and original art by other well-known children's authors and illustrators who were his longtime friends. The items are being kept in the Philip A. Sadler Research Collection for Children and Young Adults, on the library's second floor.
The University has received it's first-year royalties which total more than $56,000.
"He made an outstanding contribution to his field, and we're excited that this gift allows us to share his legacy," Mollie Dinwiddie, dean of library services said.
She also said the gift showed his desire to provid an environment that stimulates an interest in reading among young people.
After establishing himself as a children's author with The Donkey Cart in 1946, he went on to write dozens of children's books. The Sword in the Tree, Shoeshine Girl, The Chalk Box Kid and Daniel's Duck are a few of his 71 published works in the library's inventory.
