Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures!The original best-loved classic about the world’s most famous nanny – Mary Poppins.When the Banks family advertise for a nanny, Mary Poppins and her talking umbrella appear out of the sky, ready to take the children on extraordinary adventures.Mary Poppins is strict but fair, and soon Michael and Jane are whisked off to a funfair inside a pavement picture and on many more outings with their wonderful new nanny!Needless to say, when at last ‘the wind changes’ and she flies away, the children are devastated. But the magic of Mary Poppins will stay with the Banks family forever.The original story of the world’s most famous nanny, Mary Poppins, is a timeless classic that has enchanted generations.
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P. Travers L.. Mary Poppins: The Original Story
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Why You’ll Love This Book by Cameron Mackintosh
Cameron Mackintosh
Chapter One. EAST WIND
Chapter Two. THE DAY OUT
Chapter Three. LAUGHING GAS
Chapter Four. MISS LARK’S ANDREW
Chapter Five. THE DANCING COW
Chapter Six. BAD TUESDAY
Chapter Seven. THE BIRD WOMAN
Chapter Eight. MRS CORRY
Chapter Nine. JOHN AND BARBARA’S STORY
Chapter Ten. FULL MOON
Chapter Eleven. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
Chapter Twelve. WEST WIND
Postscript by Brian Sibley
All about …
Mary’s Friends. Bert. Match Man and pavement artist
The Bird Woman. Bird-seed seller
Maia. Second of the Pleiades
The World of Mary Poppins
A Spoonful of Sugar?
Syrup of Figs
Cod Liver Oil
Scott’s Emulsion
Nanny Knows Best
Excercise
Diet
Appearance
Manners
Parents
Gorgeous GingerbreadGet Cooking!!
Who lives here?
What if …
If you like … You’ll love …
Answers. The World of Mary Poppins
Who lives here?
About the Author
Have you read all the original Mary Poppins adventures?
About the Publisher
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To my
MOTHER
1875 – 1928
I fell in love with Mary Poppins and Julie Andrews in 1964, just after I left school, when I went to see Walt Disney’s magical film. On reading the credits, I realised the film was based on books by P.L. Travers which I then read avidly, discovering that there were many more stories and characters than those in the film. Her forthright, quirkily funny dialogue stayed with me, brought to life in my head by Julie’s brilliant, no-nonsense delivery in the film. In the late 1970’s I tried, like many other producers, to see if I could get the stage rights to Mary Poppins – but to no avail. Over the years, I often used to think of Mary but it wasn’t until 1993 when I was introduced to her creator, the formidable Pamela Travers, that I found that she wouldn’t explain anything to me either. By then Pamela was a frail, but extremely sharp, 93 year old lady, living in her Chelsea house, in a street looking remarkably like Cherry Tree Lane, eyeing me up and down, asking me lots of questions as she batted away my own. I felt like Michael and Jane Banks, waiting to be told “you’ll do”.
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“Why,” said Jane, “there’s nothing in it!”
“What do you mean – nothing?” demanded Mary Poppins, drawing herself up and looking as though she had been insulted. “Nothing in it, did you say?”
