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Bambi's Story: Bambi; Bambi's Children
With a vibrant, fresh cover and recently refreshed interior illustrations, the complete classic story of Bambi is now available in a paperback bind-up containing both timeless tales of the deer’s woodland life.
Bambi’s story begins as a young deer living happily in the forest. But when winter comes, Bambi learns that the woods hold danger. The first snowfall makes food hard to find, so Bambi’s father, a handsome stag, leaves Bambi and his mother alone to roam the forest. Then Man comes with weapons that can wound an animal, making Bambi afraid for himself and his loved ones. But Man can’t keep Bambi from growing into a great stag himself and becoming the prince of the forest.
Bambi eventually mates with the doe Faline and becomes a father himself, to twins Geno and Gurri. The pair grow up and navigate the world of the woods. But for young fawns, the wild can be dangerous. And when the family begins to splinter apart, it falls to Bambi to set things right again.
This charming paperback bind-up includes:
Bambi
Bambi’s Children
Bambi’s story begins as a young deer living happily in the forest. But when winter comes, Bambi learns that the woods hold danger. The first snowfall makes food hard to find, so Bambi’s father, a handsome stag, leaves Bambi and his mother alone to roam the forest. Then Man comes with weapons that can wound an animal, making Bambi afraid for himself and his loved ones. But Man can’t keep Bambi from growing into a great stag himself and becoming the prince of the forest.
Bambi eventually mates with the doe Faline and becomes a father himself, to twins Geno and Gurri. The pair grow up and navigate the world of the woods. But for young fawns, the wild can be dangerous. And when the family begins to splinter apart, it falls to Bambi to set things right again.
This charming paperback bind-up includes:
Bambi
Bambi’s Children
- GenresClassics
640 pages, Paperback
Published May 16, 2023
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Felix Salten
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Felix Salten was an Austrian writer. He was born Siegmund Salzmann in Budapest, Hungary. When he was three weeks old, his family moved to Vienna, Austria. Many Jews were immigrating into the city in the late 19th century because Vienna had finally granted full citizenship to Jews in 1867.
When his father went bankrupt, Felix had to quit school and begin working in an insurance agency. He also began submitting poems and book reviews to journals. He became part of the Young Vienna movement (Jung Wien) and soon received work as a full-time art and theater critic in the Vienna press. In 1901 he founded Vienna's first, short-lived literary cabaret. In 1900 he published his first collection of short stories. He was soon publishing, on an average, one book a year, of plays, short stories, novels, travel books, and essay collections. He also wrote for nearly all the major newspapers of Vienna. He wrote film scripts and librettos for operettas. In 1927 he became president of the Austrian P.E.N. club. (acronym of the International Association of Poets and Playwrights, Essayists and Editors, and Novelists)
His most famous work is Bambi, which he wrote in 1923. It was translated into English in 1928 and became a Book-of-the-Month Club hit. In 1933, he sold the film rights to Sidney Franklin for $1,000, who later transferred the rights to the Walt Disney studios. Disney released its movie based on Bambi in 1942.
Life in Austria became perilous for a prominent Jew in the 1930s. Adolf Hitler had Salten's books banned in 1936. Two years later (1938), after Austria had become part of Germany, Salten moved to Zurich, Switzerland, where he lived until his death.
He was married to the actress Ottilie Metzl, and had two children: Paul and Anna-Katherina. He wrote another book based on the character Bambi, titled Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family, 1939. His stories "Perri" and "The Hound of Florence" inspired the Disney films Perri and The Shaggy Dog.
Salten is considered to be the author of the erotic novel Josephine Mutzenbacher, the fictional autobiography of a Vienna prostitute, which was published in 1906.
Felix Salten was an Austrian writer. He was born Siegmund Salzmann in Budapest, Hungary. When he was three weeks old, his family moved to Vienna, Austria. Many Jews were immigrating into the city in the late 19th century because Vienna had finally granted full citizenship to Jews in 1867.
When his father went bankrupt, Felix had to quit school and begin working in an insurance agency. He also began submitting poems and book reviews to journals. He became part of the Young Vienna movement (Jung Wien) and soon received work as a full-time art and theater critic in the Vienna press. In 1901 he founded Vienna's first, short-lived literary cabaret. In 1900 he published his first collection of short stories. He was soon publishing, on an average, one book a year, of plays, short stories, novels, travel books, and essay collections. He also wrote for nearly all the major newspapers of Vienna. He wrote film scripts and librettos for operettas. In 1927 he became president of the Austrian P.E.N. club. (acronym of the International Association of Poets and Playwrights, Essayists and Editors, and Novelists)
His most famous work is Bambi, which he wrote in 1923. It was translated into English in 1928 and became a Book-of-the-Month Club hit. In 1933, he sold the film rights to Sidney Franklin for $1,000, who later transferred the rights to the Walt Disney studios. Disney released its movie based on Bambi in 1942.
Life in Austria became perilous for a prominent Jew in the 1930s. Adolf Hitler had Salten's books banned in 1936. Two years later (1938), after Austria had become part of Germany, Salten moved to Zurich, Switzerland, where he lived until his death.
He was married to the actress Ottilie Metzl, and had two children: Paul and Anna-Katherina. He wrote another book based on the character Bambi, titled Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family, 1939. His stories "Perri" and "The Hound of Florence" inspired the Disney films Perri and The Shaggy Dog.
Salten is considered to be the author of the erotic novel Josephine Mutzenbacher, the fictional autobiography of a Vienna prostitute, which was published in 1906.
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May 23, 2024
Bambi - my biggest shock is Thumper isn't an OG character and is a creation of Disney. Bambi sees death before his mother vanishes and is forced to grow up quickly.
Bambi's Children - Many of the adventures in the Disney film that Bambi has aren't his; they're rewritten of those which his children have.
I love seeing differences between film adoptions and the original stories. While Disney's Bambi isn't fresh in my mind, I definitely want to watch it again to see how many differences I can find.
Also that one scene in Bambi's Children... as a cat mom, I'm still rattled by it.
Bambi's Children - Many of the adventures in the Disney film that Bambi has aren't his; they're rewritten of those which his children have.
I love seeing differences between film adoptions and the original stories. While Disney's Bambi isn't fresh in my mind, I definitely want to watch it again to see how many differences I can find.
Also that one scene in Bambi's Children... as a cat mom, I'm still rattled by it.
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