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Mary Poppins: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, and Mary Poppins in the Park Kindle Edition

by P. L. Travers (Author), Mary Shepard (Illustrator), Gregory Maguire (Foreword) Format: Kindle Edition
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The first four books featuring the world’s most beloved nanny, plus delightful bonus features!
 
Since the 1934 publication of Mary Poppins, stories of this magical nanny have delighted children and adults for generations. This collection includes the first four tales by P. L. Travers, illustrated by Mary Shepard: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, and Mary Poppins in the Park.
 
Also including a foreword by Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked, who explores the significant differences between the book and movie versions, and an essay by P. L. Travers about the writing of Mary Poppins, this collection lets you travel with Mary on the east wind to Cherry Tree Lane in these stories that inspired films, a stage show, and young imaginations the world over.
 
“When Mary Poppins is about, her young charges can never tell where the real world merges into make-believe. Neither can the reader, and that is one of the hallmarks of good fantasy.” —The New York Times
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    7 - 10 years, from customers
  2. Print length
    889 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    5 - 7
  5. Publisher
    HMH Books for Young Readers
  6. Publication date
    October 21, 2014
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  11. ISBN-13
    978-0544340473
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About the Author

P. L. Travers (1899-1996) was a drama critic, travel essayist, reviewer, lecturer, and the creator of Mary Poppins. Ms. Travers wrote several other books for adults and children, but it is for the character of Mary Poppins that she is best remembered.

MARY SHEPARD (1910-2000) was the daughter of Ernest Shepard, illustrator of the Winnie the Pooh books and The Wind in the Willows. She illustrated P. L. Travers's Mary Poppins books for more than fifty years.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00O70WODK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HMH Books for Young Readers; Anniversary edition (October 21, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 21, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 88242 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 889 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,103 ratings

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Pamela Lyndon Travers, OBE (/ˈtrævərs/; born Helen Lyndon Goff; 9 August 1899 – 23 April 1996), was an Australian-born British novelist, actress, and journalist who migrated to England and lived most of her adult life there. She is known best for the Mary Poppins series of children's books featuring the magical English nanny Mary Poppins.

Upon immigrating to England in 1924, Goff began to write under the pen name P. L. Travers. In 1933 she began writing the novel Mary Poppins, first of the Poppins books. During World War II, while working for the British Ministry of Information, Travers traveled to New York City. At that time Walt Disney contacted her about selling to Disney Studios the rights for a film adaptation of Mary Poppins, whose sequel Mary Poppins Comes Back was also in print. After years of contact, Walt Disney did obtain the rights and the Disney film Mary Poppins premièred in 1964. In 2004, a new, British musical theatre adaptation of the books and the film opened in the West End; it premièred on Broadway in 2006.

For services to literature, Travers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1977.

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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I'm very disappointed, I ordered the Mary Poppins box set and got the last kids on earth!!
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Kimberly Lacey
5.0 out of 5 stars Mary Poppins BOOK set
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2024
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Thanks for the fast delivery. Very happy with purchase.
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Divina Bungard
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic stories for bedtime!
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2020
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Love the books. If you want to hear what
Mary Poppins was REALLY like. I am
Reading this series out loud to my daughters ages 4 and 7. We love them.
Chapters are a good length not too long, and the box set is with it to follow her sorry.

The box is just a cardboard sleeve not a nice box. If you want a nice container for them then this set isn’t what you want. The books are all paperback, and in great condition. I wish it was a bit prettier of a container for them, this one won’t last to pass down to my girls unless maybe I laminate it.
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Mindy L. Crouch
5.0 out of 5 stars Read it 3 times
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2024
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My kids can’t get enough. After them asking me to read it 3 times, I bought them other books. They literally have every Mary Poppins book out there.
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A.Kuntz
5.0 out of 5 stars We love these!
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2023
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Such a cute set!
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Masumi
4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe she portrays the typical nanny
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2023
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Mary Poppins series was one of the books I wanted to try for long but couldn't accomplish. Then I had an opportunity to purchase it and enjoyed first four books. From a few information from the Disney movie, my image of Mary Poppins was a sweet lady who is good with songs and who knows how to entertain kids. Then I tried the books and learned that Mary Poppins is a lady who loves nothing but herself. More of tart than sweet. But the fantasy I learned through four books were interesting and something that any children like to experience as fantasy. I haven't decided to finish second four books, but I might enjoy if I purchased them and read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2021
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A joy to read! It reminds me of kinder, more gentle days. Mary Poppins Returns hit the nail on the head.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect, never should have been made into a movie
Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2015
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My brother and I, who are now in our 60s, read these when we were little kids. We happily went to see Mary Poppins, the movie, at Radio City Music Hall in NYC, but left very unhappily, practically in tears. We hated what had been done to the books: ruined, completely ruined. Since then, I have pitied every child who formed an opinion of Mary Poppins based upon that insipid and misguided movie.
Although Disney nearly succeeded in killing Mary Poppins for several generations of children, she is still alive and well in these books, and ready to be discovered by "new" children, and rediscovered by "old" children, like me, who will find that none of her magic has faded. These books are really well written, and more than a few chapters have a magic about them that only British children's books of a certain time possess, the kind of magic that stays with you and enriches you for many years.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Christmas gift for avid children's readers.
Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2022
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I bought this set of books for my 10-year-old granddaughter for Christmas. Her mom said she would love to read them.
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Henny Engels
5.0 out of 5 stars Received in great condition
Reviewed in Canada on January 19, 2022
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Received in great condition. Excited to read the set.
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Erick Ricardo Hernández Landa
5.0 out of 5 stars Exelente producto
Reviewed in Mexico on January 31, 2021
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Me gustó demasiado, fue un regalo excelente de navidad. Además, son excelentes títulos para comenzar a leer en inglés.
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Tito Manlio Cerioli
5.0 out of 5 stars Mary poppins Box set
Reviewed in Italy on April 11, 2021
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In un unico cofanetto (molto bello esteticamente parlando) i primi 4 romanzi della grande Tata, gli unici veramente significativi. I testi sono pubblicati con le meravigliose illustrazioni originali ed in una veste editoriale economica ma molto ben curata
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Jennifer Schenkelberger
5.0 out of 5 stars Für alle Mary Poppinsfans
Reviewed in Germany on July 25, 2020
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Wer Mary Poppins mag wird diese Bücher leben :) es sind schöne Erweiterungen. Die Bücher sind typisch englische aufgemacht Bücher und haben eine gute Verarbeitung
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Naveen Kumar Panchal
5.0 out of 5 stars Mary poppins
Reviewed in India on March 7, 2020
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Hello,this was a marvellous book.i had never ever read a book like this.!!!!!'!!!! I was so surprised when the book was finished and asked my parents that really was it finished!!😳😭☹️
And please read the book.its amazing!!.
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