Collins Modern Classics: Mary Poppins

Author(s): P L Travers

Classics

An exquisite edition of an iconic classic, illustrated by the current Waterstones Children's Laureate, Lauren Child. (This ebook is optimised for Kindle tablets and the Kindle App. It is not suitable for e-Ink kindle devices, such as the PaperWhite. We recommend you download a sample to your device before purchase if in doubt.) When Mary Poppins arrives at their house on a gust of the East Wind and slides up the bannister, Jane and Michael Banks's lives are turned magically upside down. Who better to reimagine this endearing children's classic than today's most instantly recognisable and best-loved artist-illustrator? Lauren Child brings the magic of Mary Poppins into the hearts and imagination of readers and fans new and old. First published in 1964, Mary Poppins has been delighting readers ever since, both in books and on film. This stunning edition is published ahead of the release of the hotly anticipated Disney film Mary Poppins Returns.


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"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"

P.L. Travers, born in 1899, grew up on a sugar plantation in Australia, and was one of three sisters. She worked as a secretary, a dancer and an actress, but writing was P.L. Travers's real love, and for many years she was a journalist. It was while recuperating from a serious illness that she 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. She recieved an OBE in 1977, and died in 1996.

General Fields

  • : 9780007286416
  • : HarperCollins Publishers
  • : HarperCollins GB
  • : 0.142
  • : January 2009
  • : 197mm X 130mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : P L Travers
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 823.912
  • : very good
  • : oc2008106165
  • : (Chapter Headings)