Mary Poppins and the House Next Door by P L Travers

Mary Poppins and the House Next Door by P L Travers

Mary Poppins, the unflappable nanny of the Banks children, is back again It is a day like any other for Mary Poppins and the Banks family in Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane--until a telegram arrives with the momentous news that Miss Andrews, the Holy Terror, is coming to live in the house next door. The house has always been empty and so has become the treasure of Cherry-Tree Lane--each neighbor has filled it with personal dreams. But now peace in the lane is gravely threatened. Can Mary Poppins, in her own magical, whimsical way, resolve the crisis?

P. L. Travers was born Helen Lyndon Goff in 1899 in Queensland, Australia. She worked as a dancer and an actress, but writing was her real love and she turned to journalism. Travers set sail for England in 1924 and became an essayist, theatre and film critic, and scholar of folklore and myth. While recuperating from a serious illness Travers wrote Mary Poppins -'to while away the days, but also to put down something that had been in my mind for a long time, ' she said. It was first published in 1934 and was an instant success. Mary Poppins has gone on to become one of the best-loved classics in children's literature and has enchanted generations. In addition to the Mary Poppins books, Travers wrote novels, poetry and non-fiction. She received an OBE in 1977 and died in 1996

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ISBN 13	9780006747888
ISBN 10	0006747884
Title	Mary Poppins and the House Next Door
Author	P L Travers
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	1994-03-10
Number of pages	96
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