Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, inc., New York
Date Published: 1929
Description: Good. 293, [1] p. incl. plates. front. 21 cm. "Translated by Whittaker Chambers, illustrations by Kurt Wiese. " Illustrated lining-papers in colors. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, New York
Date Published: 1929
Description: Wiese, Kurt. Fair. No dust jacket. Pages tanned with several markings plus owner's name inscribed in front. No loose pages but binding is weak. Edges soiled and stained. Boards are worn, soiled and stained. Good reading copy. Text in English, German. 293 p. : ill.; 22 cm. A Thrushwood book. Includes Illustrations. "Translated by Whittaker Chambers, illustrations by Kurt Wiese. " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers
Date Published: 1929
Description: Kurt Weiss. Fair. Ex-Library Hard boards are frayed along edges, torn at corners and spine, stained. Library card jacket and markings. Text is good. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780671666071ISBN:067166607X
Description: Cooney, Barbara. Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Bambi. Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780671666071ISBN:067166607X
Description: Cooney, Barbara. Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Bambi. Intended for a juvenile audience. Very good read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, New York
Date Published: 1929
Description: Poor. No dust jacket. Ex-library. hardback, cover and binding wear and creases, outside binding is in poor shape. Text in English, German. 293 p. : ill.; 22 cm. A Thrushwood book. Includes Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. "Translated by Whittaker Chambers, illustrations by Kurt Wiese. " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780689819544ISBN:0689819544
Description: Good. 95-X: DUST JACKET IS TORN A LITTLE BUT INSIDE OF BOOK IS REAL GOOD. Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780689819544ISBN:0689819544
Description: Johnson, Steve, and Fancher, Lou. Good. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 47 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"After being told by my mother that this book was "nothing like the Disney version," I came prepared to read something like Watership Down for Children. Surprise! Not really.
This book actually was very like the Disney movie, as I remember it (and it's been quite a few years). It begins with Bambi's birth in a meadow and continues by cataloging his discoveries and experiences one by one: meeting a squirrel, conversing with a screech owl, meeting Aunt Ena and cousin Faline. There's no Bashful or Thumper here and no charming icy pond sequence...and no forest fire. However, there really is an "Old Prince," and Bambi's mother really does die. The less dramatic, cinematic bits of the Disney movie might have been lifted straight from Salten's pages.
However, Salten's major theme didn't quite make it in. All of Bambi's experiences throughout the book are building to one major revelation about the nature of life, of nature, of wild animals vs. domestic animals, and the events that contribute to this revelation didn't quite make the final Disney cut. I'm not sure if I agree with Salten's view of domestic vs. wild and the role of man in nature, but I did find his conclusions thought-provoking. I'd say this book is worth a rainy Sunday afternoon."
"I first read this book while I was in elementary school. I have seen the movie, but I was curious to know what the book was like and it's very different. Compared to the movie the book is much more darker. We see life in the woods in the eyes of Bambi and the all the dangers that are encountered in the woods. Felix Salten is a master storyteller when it comes to animals. He makes the animals human; they have feelings and personalities that make you not want to put the book down until you've reached the ending. For those curious to know what the original Bambi story is all about should definately read this book!"
"Much better, much more satisfying than the Disney version, but also much more depressing. I say that because if you or your child picks this up, don't look for Thumper and Co. Do look for a frank, if anthropomorphic, look at nature and man's mnteraction with it, which, usually, is not pretty."
"So far, I'm loving the book. The author writes with simple words, but arranges them so it sounds beautiful. I love simple and beautiful things. I also adore nature. Bambi's all about life in the woods. This is just the perfect book for me!"
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