Most Popular Books by Clyde Robert Bulla

Tired of caring for his new dog, a spoiled boy gives him to a young girl who discovers that the dog can sing.

A professor with a reputation for being unafraid of ghosts moves with his family into a house that is supposed to be haunted but his children find the neighbors more mysterious than the house.

A lonely prince forms a satisfying though dangerous friendship with a monster.

A little boy who has been living on his aunt and uncle''s ranch fears that he may have to move back to the city and give up riding in the rodeo, until his parents finally find a ranch of their own to buy.

A young boy accompanies his father and uncle on a wild horse roundup, tames a horse he particularly likes, and loses him when, in a storm, the pasture fence gets broken.

A seven-year-old boy living in Chinatown has adventures with a lost cat, a hungry dog, and a new kite, and meets lots of people to help celebrate his birthday.

Explains the background of the celebration of Valentine''s Day.

Kee lived in a hogan on the Indian reservation and then moves to an apartment in the city. Life in the city is strange and ugly. Kee has trouble getting used to the sights and strange smells.

Two orphaned children, living with their grandmother, become friendly with their neighbor and his dog.

Condensed versions of favorite operas.

The opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung, by Richard Wagner, stands as one of the greatest achievements in the history of music. Wagner based his Ring cycle on tales from Norse and German mythology after studying ancient legends of gods, demigods, and earthly beings. He spent years writing and shaping his material, the result was an epic story, heroic and exalted, told through his stirring music. Clyde Robert Bulla tells the stories that make up The Ring of the Nibelung cycle: The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried, The Dusk of the Gods. Magical and mysterious, they are larger than life, yet based on human emotions. He brings Wagner''s epic tale of love, hate, greed, and goodness, to life simply but dramatically. Bulla includes musical themes from the four operas, and writes of Wagner''s life and his struggles to break with tradition, creating a new form of opera-the music drama. Readers who love lore and legends, and readers who admire Wagner''s music will welcome the simple beauty of Bulla''s powerful tales. Strikingly illustrated with woodcuts by Clare and John Ross.

A twelve-year-old English lad, who had lived in China until his father died comes to Salem to stay with two aunts. Displeased with school and homesick for China, he falls easy prey to a ruffian planning to rob his aunts.

A short biography of St. Francis telling how his father wanted him to become a rich prince but how Francis became a saintly person who cared for the sick and needy and loved all animals.

Dave befriends the strange new family and their pony, Dexter, when the rest of the townspeople remain aloof.

A novice wood carver is momentarily defeated when people laugh at the result of a winter of work.

An old woman, so stubborn she won''t leave her house and farm which are crumbling into the river, meets an equally stubborn little girl who wants her to leave.

After losing everything they own, including their dolls, when their house burns down, two sisters learn about a place where they can adopt dolls.

A series of curious circumstances bring together an African elephant and a young boy from an ancient British tribe.

A young boy''s wish is granted when he gets to spend the summer on a ranch and becomes a true cowboy.

A retelling of the Bible story in which Joseph is reunited with his family many years after being sold into slavery in Egypt.

Tells why the birthday of America''s Civil War president is remembered

A simple explanation of how a shadow is formed.

A young Pilgrim boy is always causing trouble for Plymouth Colony until one day his mischief results in more friendly relations with the Indians.

At the time of Coronado''s exploration for a fabled city of gold, a young Indian boy encounters his first horse.

Tennessee. 1796. Nuit d''orage. Un berceau flotte parmi les joncs. Luc recueille le nouveau-né. L''enfant grandit à ses côtés. Loin de tout. Onze ans plus tard. Nuit d''orage. L''enfant recueille un animal blessé : l''oiseau blanc... Qui n''a jamais rêvé de voler de ses propres ailes ? Aimer sans enfermer n''est pas toujours facile.