Welcome to Litsy!

I didn‘t know the original text of Bambi is so grim. I have a vague idea of the Disney‘s Bambi though I‘ve never watched it. From a fawn to adulthood, Bambi learns of survival, of growing up, & death. Salten showed us the many threats for the animals in the forests, including the most dangerous, the hunters. After finishing it, I was aware it‘s either an allegory for anti-Semitism in post-World War I, or human‘s treatment of nature. Or both maybe.

This was such a fascinating, powerful and haunting look at nature—its blessings and its harsh realities—from the perspective of one of the most hunted animals. My respect and empathy for all of nature‘s creatures have grown even stronger now.
#ChildrensClassicRead2023
@TheBookHippie

I listened to this translation over the weekend and learned the original is not at all a children‘s story. I truly appreciated the descriptions and details, although I found the whole story a bit more melancholy than I expected. I thought there would be more joy in the beginning rather than the ever present anxiety and caution. The introduction by the translator of this edition was fantastic.

#ChildrensClassicRead2023 #audiobook #translated

#childrensclassicread2023 #JumpStart2023

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Beautiful nature writing that is at times dark, brooding and brutal.

A book about the life in the forest, from Bambi is born until his adult years. This is different from the Disney version and probably gives a truer picture in how life in the forest is. I must admit that I did miss Thumper and Flower though.

#ChildrensClassicRead2023 #1923 #192025
5th book for #JoyousJanuary
@TheBookHippie @Librarybelle @Andrew65

#ChildrensClassicRead2023

Frustratingly/interestingly, so far with my translation, they have used the word “people” twice when they‘re really talking about other animals. Once about a hedgehog, another about a different animal, I think other deer.

#ChildrensClassicRead2023
Alas, this version is not the Jack Zipes‘ translation, but it‘s close & still lovely. I can‘t figure out who‘s translation, but it‘s a publisher from India.
Wood instead of forest
Of course instead of certainly
Oh, don‘t let me disturb you vs Well, I wouldn‘t want to disturb you.

I may switch…. Since Zipes‘ is supposed to be the best translation… I had my sister download the one on the right.

#ChildrensClassicRead2023
I‘ve just started reading our #ChildrensClassicRead2023

Oh! To see the wonder of the world through Bambi‘s eyes!
Grass, sky, & butterflies 🦋

( I don‘t like this cover,though! )

A dark fable about the beauty & brutality of nature. It's not at all what I was expecting; Disneyfied-Bambi has a lot to answer for! This is bittersweet, strange, & exerts a bewitching power. I think it's pretty unique because Salten depicts how all life on earth is subject to the forces outside of its control; but there's also a lesson there in not to exalt human ability (i.e. capacity to use technology for violence). #ChildrensClassicRead2023

#childrensclassicread2023

I found this older copy at the library I work at and couldn't resist reading it.

The descriptions, the animal characters, and the way the writing makes you feel like you're in the meadow with the deer made this such a joy to read. It left me pondering our interactions with the world around us, especially in regards to animals and nature.

For the #readchildrensclassics2023 we read Bambi. OMG. This story! This one touched me in ways I didn‘t anticipate. So many feels. As a child I didn‘t like Disney‘s movie Bambi so I was worried this book wouldn‘t resonate with me. @TheBookHippie thank you for picking this one.

Golly, I‘m on chapter 5 and concerned for the plight of deer. They can never feel safe, must always be on edge, even in joyful moments, must be watchful. Their fathers don‘t acknowledge their existence and their mothers can only hope they make it to adulthood. Where are the deer psychologists to help them work through these awful childhood traumas?

Who knew Bambi would provoke such thought and concern? #ChildrensClassicRead2023

#childrensclassicread2023

I found my copy of Bambi in a San Francisco thrift store in the 90‘s and yes it‘s been on my tbr that long. Which makes it high time to finally read it with @TheBookHippie and chapter a day. The illustration in the first chapter is beautiful.

Goals for #JumpStart2023 and of course not pictured yet is January bookspin pick.

Repost for @TheBookHippie

#childrensclassicread2023 JANUARY
Everyone welcome 💚

Original post
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2518416

Repost for @TheBookHippie:

http://bookhippie.com/index.php/2022/08/01/2023-childrens-classic-read/

#CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2023

Everyone welcome ♥️

Original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2511217

@thebookhippie has already prepared next years #childrensclassicread
All are welcome! Feel free to visit her page or tag her with questions.
http://bookhippie.com/index.php/2022/08/01/2023-childrens-classic-read/

Thanks for the tag @Enchanted_Bibliophile

1. Being able to decorate my garden with lots of pretty coloured flowers ready for the sunny days
2. My reading goes by my moods so it can
3. Bambi

Want to play? @Jackal121 @TheWolfbehindTheEyes @BookishBelle @magyklyXdelish @ShyBookOwl

Happy reading all 📖❤📚 @MoonWitch94

#litsyspringbreak #forest

Bambi, son of The Great Prince of the Forest.

This is not a new story to me but the first time to read the novel. It was just as emotional as when I was a child.

December Book 6/25 #LitsyLove

Thanks for the tag @Mishu94 ❤

🍁Yes I posted my 3 holiday reads yesterday hehe
🥣 Dinner will be soup and bread
🍃 Favourite films are Jurassic Park 🦕🦖

#thoughtfulthursday @Jackal121 @CymbaX13 @TheWolfbehindTheEyes @Buechersuechtling @Birdsong28 @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @DaveGreen7777 @curiouserandcurioser @Sace @cupkates1895

Was my 2 year old daughter's turn to pick my read after my son picked Frozen. This is what she's picked for me 🦌🐇🦨 never read it before but the kids and I like the films. @Jackal121 @CymbaX13 #disney #bambi #deer #forest #reading #kids #stag

Just finished this. It was so good. Very different from the movie, but I expected that. It went by so fast and was very easy to read.

Starting my 2nd #bookspin pic tonight.

Final review for now - I have read Bambi several times, but it had been a while since I picked it up. Salten's original story is much more violent and realistic than the Disney version. In Disney, only humans cause trouble - in Salten's story, there are many enemies, because nature is pretty deadly. It's a good story, and a worthwhile one, but not one I would recommend for young readers.

I also don't know anyone who hunts the way it is ⬇️

Ebook from the Internet Archives: Bambi https://archive.org/

* Black Klansman
* Rick Bragg
* Bambi
* The Band
* Bang the Drum Slowly

#LetterB #ManicMonday @JoScho

Good morning!
Have a lovely sunday everyone. I'm just reading a few pages, before I'm meeting my friends for brunch.

#readingmom
#weekend
#sundaymood

Well-loved books from the #1940s (and some from the 1930s) that have been passed down in my family. #LetsTravelJuly @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Day 8 Nature

We were very lucky to have a deer visiting our street for a while. I was always very excited when it made an appearance! 🦌

#gratitude30

Thank you so much @Amy-Laura for the gorgeous card! I don‘t have any plans for the summer either - we‘re going on holiday in September once all the kids go back to school....
#justbecause
#jbuk

#decktheshelves #bookinyourstocking
#jingleshelves #bookyougifted
#seasonsreadings2017

If you've made it to #thenicelist you can bet you are going to get a book from me. I love to gift beautiful hard cover vintage books of the classics like the one pictured in the stocking.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Trying to read some of the books that I missed as a child. Salten's Bambi is definitely more realistic than the Disney version. He does a great job of giving the animals a voice and emotions without it being cliche or distracting. Excellent illustrations as well.

This is what greeted me this morning. This mom and her babies seem to really enjoy stopping by! We've had a lot more deer than usual around here this year.

This is a dark and beautiful fable, not at all what I was expecting. Much more brutal and bloody than modern children's books of course, but also with tons of depth. Apparently the nazis banned it for being anti-fascist.

Like a cross between a woodland fairy tale and Animal Farm, this definitely holds up as a book for grownups.

This was my "published in 1923" book for the #192019challenge.

#marchintoreading Day19: #setinthe1920s
I struggled a bit with this prompt. I haven't read that many books set in this time period and the number of those books I've enjoyed is even smaller. So I've chosen to highlight a book that was written in the 1920s that I really enjoyed. This is NOT Disney's Bambi. There are scenes from this book that still haunt me.
@RealLifeReading

#onewordtitles are kinda scarce for me but turns out I had all these. I'm so proud of Elementals b/c I got it signed after a reading by A.S. Byatt in college, but so chagrined bc I got it all wet later so it's warped. Seriously, why doesn't Litsy have that book?
#photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading
#bambirocks