Felix Salten

Describes the life of a deer as he grows into a handsome stag in the forest and learns about friendship and danger.

Most nineties kids grew up with the adorable Disney movie Bambi, but the basis for the movie was the 1923 book by Felix Salten. In this stunning edition, experience the classic story brought to life again! The original story of young Bambi starts as he begins life in the forest with his mother, cousins, and other furry friends. However, as winter spreads it icy hands over the forest, Bambi's father, a powerful stag, leaves Bambi and his mother alone...

"A new, beautifully illustrated translation of Felix Salten's celebrated novel Bambi-the original source of the beloved story. Most of us think we know the story of Bambi-but do we? The Original Bambi is an all-new, illustrated translation of a literary classic that presents the story as it was meant to be told. For decades, readers' images of Bambi have been shaped by the 1942 Walt Disney film-an idealized look at a fawn who represents nature's innocence-which...

Hailed as the Prince of the Forest at his birth, wobble-legged Bambi the faun lives deep in the woodland with his mother. His early faunhood is filled with friends--Thumper, a jovial rabbit who says all the wrong things; Flower, a skunk with an inferiority complex; and Friend Owl, misanthrope of the treetops. As he grows, fun-and-games give way to the hardship of winter and the most terrifying, ever-looming threat to survival--man. When the hunters...

Uses frames from the motion picture in presenting the adventures of a young deer growing up in a forest. Contains introductory material on the making of the Disney film.

The adventures of a young deer growing up in a forest.

When Bambi, Thumper, and Flower meet Edgar the beaver, Thumper isn't interested in making friends with him. But one night Edgar saves Thumper's home and family from flooding, and Thumper resolves to be a better neighbor and friend to him.