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Yes, I've read the book, just the first one tho C: it was pretty nice. I'm searching the second now, I'm curious to read it!

I have read the first book. Checked it out of a library one day when I was curious. And, like Estamos, I found it to be rather darker than the sanitized Disney version (naturally). Salten, like his Teutonic predecessors Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (the famous "Brothers Grimm"), tended towards, well, GRIM material. Not that there aren't lighter and happier moments. But anyone who hasn't yet read the Salten books may be in for a bit of a surprise.

Kind of the same reaction I had to J.M. Barrie's original Peter Pan story. (Yes, I know Barrie was English.) Rather a bit darker and more pointed than the once-again sanitized Disney version. The story tells more of the double-edged sword that youth presents...and that wanting to stay young forever can be (as Peter Pan does). The Columbia-Tristar live-action version from 2003 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316396) treated the book more faithfully than the Disney version. And perhaps, one day, Hollywood will do the same with Felix Salten's story. Though I don't know whether or not they could pull it off in live-action. Maybe hardcore CGI, but I guess time may tell.

Not that I disliked Salten's book, mind you. I just found it to be darker than the Disney cartoon. And having read it as an adult, after having remembered seeing Bambi as a young boy (and having loved it), it was a bit of an unexpected twist.

Has anyone read the book Fifteen Rabbits? it has a crossover of Gobo's death from the book Bambi in it, made me cry loads tho,

That's kinda off topic... You should tell us your opinion on the book 'Bambi' as this is what the topic IS about.

Read the book? I own it! I read it every year for Christmas, and I always get teary-eyed. It's an underrated classic, really.

Just to let you all know: if you're looking for the original book, "Bambi: A Life in the Woods", and its sequel, "Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family", I've seen them in brand-new paperback editions in Barnes and Noble! They're available for purchase online and as e-books too, but the covers are quite gorgeous. I just bought the sequel and I may buy the first one too, just to complete the set.

Here's some pics of the new art: [both from Amazon.com]


Also, there's new illustrations inside too. They're really good and keep with the realism of the characters and the story.

- Juuchan17

Dang, Juuchan, you know all the good books with lovely covers. ouo
*adds these to my list of books to get*