Excerpt: "It was in a space in a thicket that he came into the world, in one of those little, hidden places in the wood which seem to be open on every side but which in fact are completely surrounded by foliage. That is why there was so little room there, but just enough for him and his mother. He stood up, he staggered on his thin legs as he wondered what was happening, looked out with eyes which were dull, wondered what was happening but saw nothing,...

Mother and Fawn spend a day in the woods before returning at night to the tasty lilac bush in someone's backyard.

A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.

Only thirteen, John must track a deer in the Minnesota woods for his family's winter meat, and in doing so finds himself drawn to the doe who leads him and hating his role as hunter.

Full page color illustrations from the 1942 Disney animated motion picture help to tell the story of the little fawn Bambi, his friends Thumper the little rabbit, Flower the little skunk, and Faline another fawn.