Mary Poppins by P L Travers
The Banks children, Jane and Michael, change nannies just about as often as most people change their clothes. Its not that theyre naughty, exactly just awkward. Everyone in the household is at their wits end with them until Mary Poppins arrives“Like all great children’s classics Mary Poppins is frightening and sad as well as magic and very funny”
Observer
“Absolutely alive, and aglint with magic.”
Walter de la Mare
P.L. Travers was born in 1899 in Maryborough in Queensland, Australia and was one of three sisters. She was brought up simply, but traditionally, with a cook upon whom much of the character of Mary Poppins is based. She began her writing career in Australia, publishing many poems, then came to England and wrote for newspapers in Ireland and England. She began Mary Poppins ‘out of the blue’, while lying ill in bed one day. It was published in 1934, was an immediate success and was followed by another five books.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780006747871 |
| ISBN 10 | 0006747876 |
| Title | Mary Poppins |
| Author | P L Travers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 1999-04-06 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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