Walt Disney's Bambi: Snowy Day

by Betty G. Birney

Bambi and his friends follow the tracks in the snow to find Flower

Genres: Picture Books

24 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1992

About the author

From kindergarten through graduation, I attended school in Affton, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Then I graduated from Webster College (now Webster University) in Webster Groves, Missouri. Of course, I majored in English and kept on writing.

After working in advertising in St. Louis, Missouri and in Chicago, Illinois, I eventually moved to Southern California. First, I worked for Disneyland (fun job!) in the advertising department. The monorail whizzed past my window all day long. Then I worked at the Disney Studio in Burbank, where I had another fun job, writing and producing television and radio commercials and theatrical trailers (previews of coming attractions) for everything from re-releases of "Cinderella" and "Fantasia" to "Tex."

When the Disney Channel was started, I became a writer and story editor for WELCOME TO POOH CORNER. Since then, I've written more than 200 episodes of animated and live-action television programs including MADELINE, DOUG, BOBBY'S WORLD, DUMBO'S CIRCUS, THE PUZZLE PLACE, CAMP CANDY, LITTLE MOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, WHERE'S WALDO, FRAGGLE ROCK and ZOOBILEE ZOO. That's right, I write cartoons! I also wrote a number of award-winning afterschool specials and many interactive CD-ROM programs, including the award-winning "Berenstain Bears on their Own," "Richard Scarry's Busiest Neighborhood Ever," and "The Crayon Factory."

A made-for-television family movie I wrote, MARY CHRISTMAS, starring John Schneider, Cynthia Gibb and Tom Bosley, aired on the PAX network in 2002. It was the highest rated movie in PAX history and has aired each Christmas season since then.

I have been fortunate enough to win a Writer's Guild of America Award and three Humanitas Prizes (as well as two other nominations). In 2002, I won a Daytime Emmy Award for MADELINE, after two previous Emmy nominations. More recently, I received the Christopher Award for FRIENDSHIP ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY, many children's choice awards for THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HUMPHREY and was inducted into the Affton (MO) School District Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Out of all the variations of Disney's Bambi that my sister has stuck down my throat this is probably the best that I have read and a bit more realistic as well. The book takes a look into just one day in the winter season while bringing out the majority of your favorite Bambi characters.

The reading is short and sweet so a beginning reader can truly enjoy this book on their own. At the same time any adult may want to listen just in case there may be a word that could trick up the young reader.

Otherwise the pictures are the same as the Disney movie and although some of the animals are colored weirdly it is almost nothing when compared to a previous variation where the colors made Bambi seem to be on a bad drug trip. Also at the same time textured fabric has been randomly added to the various characters or in one case to the snowflakes thus giving the children something else to distract them with.

All in all a fun and slightly more interactive Bambi adventure that children will enjoy reading.

[♥♣Mary♦♠ If She So Pleases · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice story time book read. Nice illustrations and plenty of words per page.
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