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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 show more Mary Poppins, in her own magical, whimsical way, resolve the crisis?. show less
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Mary Poppins and the House Next Door benefits from an erudite and delightful foreword by a professor of classics, putting Mary Poppins into Dionysian perspective and explaining the framework of each episode in these terms. I have to say that I understand and appreciate all the Mary Poppins stories much better after reading this single, insightful page. The story itself? Classic Mary Poppins, as we have come to know her in the five preceding books, joined by many characters we have met before and one or two we haven’t, creates brief confusion and sets everything to rights.
Mary Poppins, the unflappable nanny of the Banks children, is back again! This time she returns to save the house next door to the Bankses'. The house has always been empty, and so has become the treasure of Cherry Tree Lane--each neighbor has filled it with personal dreams.
Then a new, but not unknown, tenant arrives, and peace in the lane is gravely threatened. Can Mary Poppins, in her own magical, whimsical way, resolve the crisis?
Then a new, but not unknown, tenant arrives, and peace in the lane is gravely threatened. Can Mary Poppins, in her own magical, whimsical way, resolve the crisis?
Another short story. This time Poppins tackles child labour violations by taking a group of kids to the moon and back. The End.
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Born in Australia to an Irish father and a Scottish mother, Helen Lyndon Goff aka. P. L. Travers was a voracious reader and began to write while she was still a child. She did some acting but quickly moved into literary and dramatic criticism; she wrote some highly respected poetry as well. However, it is her series of books for children, starting show more with Mary Poppins (1934), on which her fame rests. The prim, kindly, and enchanting nanny takes charge of the Banks's household and brings the children a seemingly endless stream of fantasy adventures. The book was an immediate success. Walt Disney's (see Vol. 3) musical version, in 1964, brought the stories to an even wider audience. Subsequent books about Mary Poppins include Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins in the Park, Mary Poppins from A to Z, and Mary Poppins and the House Next Door. Other more recent books include About Sleeping Beauty (1975) and Two Pair of Shoes (1980). Travers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1977. She lived into advanced old age, but her health was declining toward the end of her life. Travers died in London on April 23,1996 at the age of 96. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Mary Poppins and the House Next Door
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- 1988
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- Mary Poppins
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- To Bruno
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- Crack! went the teacup against the bowl of soapsuds. Mrs. Brill, washing the china, scrabbled among the sparkling bubbles and fished it up in two pieces.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I'm at home," she said, "wherever I am!" And with that, she turned out the lamp.
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- 823.912 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1901-1945
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- PZ7 .T689 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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