Walt Disney, from Reader to Storyteller

<p> Walt Disney, best known as a filmmaker, had perhaps a greater skill as a reader. While many would have regarded Felix Salten's <I>Bambi</I> and Carlo Collodi's <I>Pinocchio</I> as too somber for family-oriented films, he saw their possibilities. He appealed to his audience by selecting but then transforming familiar stories. Many of the tales he chose to adapt to film became some of the most read books in America.</p><p> Although much published resea