Bambi

by Walt Disney Company

Based on "Bambi, a Life in the Woods" by Felix Salten.

Genres: Childrens, Classics, Picture Books, Fiction, Animals

32 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1997

About the author

Note: The decision was made to consolidate all Disney publications under the name Walt Disney Company. This profile is for Walt Disney, the characters he created, and the company he founded. Any questions, please ask in the Librarian's Group.

Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Disney became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney Company, today has annual revenues of approximately U.S. $35 billion.

Disney is particularly noted for being a film producer and a popular showman, as well as an innovator in animation and theme park design. He and his staff created some of the world's most famous fictional characters including Mickey Mouse, a character for which Disney himself was the original voice. He has been awarded four honorary Academy Awards and has won twenty-two competitive Academy Awards out of fifty-nine nominations, including a record four in one year, giving him more awards and nominations than any other individual. He also won seven Emmy Awards. He is the namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resort theme parks in the United States, as well as the international resorts Tokyo Disney, Disneyland Paris, and Disneyland Hong Kong.

Disney died of lung cancer in Burbank, California, on December 15, 1966. The following year, construction began on Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. His brother Roy Disney inaugurated the Magic Kingdom on October 1, 1971.

The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) (commonly referred to as Disney) is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the company was reincorporated as Walt Disney Productions in 1929. Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and travel. Taking on its current name in 1986, The Walt Disney Company expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, publishing, and online media. In addition, it has created new divisions of the company in order to market more mature content than it typically associates with its flagship family-oriented brands.

The company is best known for the products of its film studio, the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, today one of the largest and best-known studios in Hollywood. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as Disney Channel, ESPN, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, and theatre divisions; and owns and licenses 11 theme parks around the world. On January 23, 2006, it was announced that Disney would purchase Pixar in an all-stock transaction worth $7.4 billion. The deal was finalized on May 5. On December 31, 2009, Disney Company acquired the Marvel Entertainment, Inc. for $4.24 billion. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is the official mascot of The Walt Disney Company.

--from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Julie Rasmine Larsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Skønt gensyn med en elsket historie. Flotte illustrationer som virkelig sætter stemningen, som man kender det fra Disney.

[Wilson E. Stevens Sr. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an early translation from the 1929 German book. It has a dark blue hard cover, and as far as I can tell was translated and printed in English about 1932. This book is nothing like the Walt Disney version. The hero of the book is Bambi, and his destiny is traced from a tiny fawn to a mature stag with a family. Some of the charters are his cousin Ava, and her two little fawns Gobo and Faline. Then there are Prince Ronno and Karus the young deer. also the hare, the squirrel, the old stag, the wood pecker, the screech-owl, the magpie, the crow, the doe Marena, and the wicked fox who meets his just ends from He. Now He is the only human animal in the forest. He is diabolically clever and seems to be everywhere. With a little stick in his hand that makes a loud report, he deals death that way. He kills young Gobo that way. Toward the end of the story he even shoots Bambi in the leg. But the young stag escapes, hides out and recovers. Later he falls in love with Faline, marries her and has children by her. Because the original story takes place in a German forest, the animals are different than those in the Disney version and many are not named like Disney did.

[Ash · Rating 5 out of 5]

The cutest and probably the saddest Disney movie. I watched this movie long back and did not remember much.

[Dharia Scarab · Rating 3 out of 5]

My love of reading started when i was young, and it gives me immense pleasure to provide books to Spread the Word Nevada, an organization that passes them on to children in the community. They are a terrific organization supporting an important cause. If your local I encourage you to check them out. For those living further a field, look in your own community, their may already be a similar program in place. And if not, you can always help start one.

http://spreadthewordnevada.org/

Myself, I go out on the weekends and
shop thrift store and bulk book lots to rescue books and donate them. Sometimes I'll find a book I remember reading when I was young and will read it again before passing it on.

I don't rate these books using my normal scale, instead I give most of them three stars. This isn't a Criticism of the book, simply my way of rating them as good for children.

[Kelly Wickham · Rating 1 out of 5]

Out of all the animated Disney movies, Bambi is towards the bottom of the list on my favorites. I just feel that it is really heavy and dark stuff for a kid to think about. Fires, guns, being lost, starving to death and losing parents. These are all scariest things that could happen to a kid. Anyways, this book is just a Disney advertisement for the movie. The kids seem to like it ok, but I don't think it is a favorite for them.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beli buku ini second di Sunday Market, tapi belum ada cacat/rusak sedikitpun. Tertarik sama gambar-gambar di dalamnya yang hidup dan full colour, selain itu ceritanya juga bagus tentang persahabatan. Kertasnya juga bagus, licin. Kalo beli baru di Jakarta pasti harganya diatas 30 ribu deh. Untungnya beli di sana cuma 40 pence, mgkn sktr Rp 7500. Lumayan buat calon anak nanti:))

[Joanna · Rating 2 out of 5]

This version is abbreviated which is in keeping with the attention span of a small child but loses a bit too much of the story. I had to modify the English. I really don't speak/read Spanish at this level so I'll leave that to the hubby.

[Komal Hashmi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just as beautiful as it was when I first read it as a child. The illustrations are stunning and love the attention to details and the crisp colors. A beautiful little story of friendship and love and the forest life.

[Tracey · Rating 4 out of 5]

1941 Edition

[Theresa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bambi: A Read-Aloud Storybook
Walt Disney Company
retelling of the movie with movie stills to teach text to picture representations.

[Jenna Pastore · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a really good book.

[Eve Agnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was such a light story. Faline was sooo sweet and Bambi was really adorable. I hope people who read this can get the message in it ☺️

[Sierraprice · Rating 5 out of 5]

I also loved reading this book as a child. I loved the movie too.

[Miguel Vega · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this, it was cute and it made me want to re-watch the movie all over again. The part where his mother dies gets to me haha.