Kelly Pulley, Children's Author, Illustrator, Creator
If you had only one word to describe Kelly Pulley’s writing and illustrating style, the word would be “FUN!”
When Kelly Pulley was very young he dreamed of being a cowboy, unfortunately he didn’t have a horse, a hat or a rope, so his range riding dreams were temporarily corralled. He did have a Deluxe 64-count box of Crayola crayons with a built-in sharpener—so instead of cow poking, he became an artist. Now Kelly is a full-time writer and illustrator of children’s picture books. He teaches and entertains kids with his humorous books and inspires them to discover their own creative voices through his YouTube videos.
He has illustrated numerous children’s books including many in the bestselling Beginner’s Bible and Veggie Tales series. He has authored and illustrated several picture books, including the outlandish and wacky Ten Unusual Features of Lulu McDunn (Gauthier Publishing), the humorous Bicycle-themed Bicycling Rules of the Road, and The Cycling Wangdoos, (Schiffer Publishing). Kelly is also the author of the inspirational Magnificent Tales series, Food for a Fish—The Whopping Story of Jonah and the Whale, Good News of Great Joy—The Amazing Story of Jesus’ Birth, The Biggest and Toughest—The Short Story of David’s Big Faith, Daniel for Lunch—The Tasty Tale of Daniel in the Lion’s Den, and Treasury of Bible Stories—Rhythmical Rhymes of Biblical Times (David C. Cook).
Kelly also writes, illustrates, films, directs, and edits original stories and poems weekly for his YouTube channel, “Kelly Pulley’s Storybook Studio.” His YouTube channel playlists include: Scribble to Story—Starting with a scribble, he draws a character, writes, and illustrates a story and creates a video. He encourages kids to submit their own scribble and character and will often use them to create a story and video; Professor Poindexter’s Preposterous Poems—The professor (played by himself) reads and sometimes acts out new and original, completely ridiculous poems; Let’s Draw—He demonstrates how to draw original storybook characters with the help of his puppet assistant, Lulu; and My Published Books—He reads his published books aloud.
Awards:
The Beginner’s Bible: Christian Booksellers Convention, Children’s Book of the Year 2006
Speaking Engagements and School Presentations:
In lieu of school visits, Kelly Pulley is posting weekly, original stories, and poems on his YouTube channel.
Presentation Audience:
Grades K-3
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