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| Title | : | Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins #1) |
| Author | : | P.L. Travers |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 209 pages |
| Published | : | June 1st 2006 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published 1934) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fantasy. Childrens. Fiction |
P.L. Travers
Hardcover | Pages: 209 pages Rating: 4.03 | 109159 Users | 5123 Reviews
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By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the major motion picture, Saving Mr. Banks. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed.It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of the Banks house. She becomes a most unusual nanny to Jane, Michael, and the twins. Who else but Mary Poppins can slide up banisters, pull an entire armchair out of an empty carpetbag, and make a dose of medicine taste like delicious lime-juice cordial? A day with Mary Poppins is a day of magic and make-believe come to life!
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| Original Title: | Mary Poppins |
| ISBN: | 0152058109 (ISBN13: 9780152058104) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Mary Poppins #1 |
| Characters: | Jane Whitefield, Michael Banks, Mary Poppins |
| Setting: | London, England |
| Literary Awards: | Nene Award (1965) |
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Ratings: 4.03 From 109159 Users | 5123 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins #1)
OK, here's the thing: P.L. Travers's Mary Poppins is not Walt Disney's Mary Poppins. Weirdly, I love both versions equally, although Travers's portrayal of adult-child relationships is more accurate, I think. In the book, the kids clearly inhabit a fantasy world of which their parents are completely oblivious. Mary Poppins, an acid-tongued nanny, serves as a conduit to these fantasy worlds, which are often quite dangerous. Under Mary's protection, the Banks children explore some dark, gloriousThis review contains spoilers for the end of the book!Characters: ★The characters in this book are so weird. Sure, the kids would have been relatable at the time this was written but Mary Poppins was an extremely unlikeable character who just awful and bizarre, and not in the good way either. None of the characters stood out to me and they all felt really flat. Plot: ★The plot was just awful. Nothing happened. Mary Poppins came and was horrible to the children; they went on a couple of weird
3.5 stars. If you're a fan of the old Mary Poppins movie (I am!), the original book is worth checking out. But I didnt love it as much as Id hoped. Review first posted on Fantasy Literature: When Katie Nanna disappears from the Banks home without notice, Jane and Michael are pleased (She was old and fat and smelt of barley-water). But theyre not quite ready for the replacement nanny that the East Wind blows to their door: Mary Poppins, who promptly intimidates Mrs. Banks into hiring her without
"Ill stay till the wind changes," she said. The naughty Banks siblings (having just ran off their previous nanny) are in for the surprise of a lifetime. Their new nanny, Mary Poppins, is quite unlike anything they've ever seen. She slides up banisters, uses a compass to travel the world, talks to dogs and buys them gingerbread from stores that aren't even there. In short, she's perfect. Mary Poppins, he cried, youll never leave us, will you? Reading about Mary Poppins - nanny extraordinaire -
There is no real magic in Mary Poppins' carpet bag or in her medicine, actually! It is all about her modern pedagogy, I just realised. Have you ever tried to create a lesson out of nothing? (And, like Travers, I really mean no-thing-ness!) You start with kids claiming there is absolutely NO-THING INTERESTING in that carpet bag of yours, your subject. What can you do but shake it and turn it and show those kids that just because they don't see anything that doesn't mean it doesn't contain plenty
Like many others, I wanted to read Mary Poppins prior to watching Saving Mr. Banks so that I could see what PL Travers arguments would be about Walt Disney changing her work. I have to say that I am glad that Disney changed it! In the story, Mary Poppins was not a likeable character to me. I just wanted to get through the story to see if she would change any from the vain and frankly, mean, woman that she started out to be. She did not. Usually, I like books better than the movie adaptations, in
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