Mary Poppins (Magic Ballerina, #10) (Collins Modern Classics) (Lythway Children's Large Print Books)

by P. L. Travers

Mary Shepard (Illustrator)

This slipcase, using the West End show artwork, contains all six original Mary Poppins stories: "Mary Poppins", "Mary Poppins Comes Back", "Mary Poppins Opens the Door", "Mary Poppins in the Park", "Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane" / "Mary Poppins and the House Next Door" (2-in-1 edition). All magical children's classics, it's the perfect collectable gift. When their new nanny, Mary Poppins, arrives on a gust of the East Wind, greets their mother, and slides up the banister, Jane and Michael's lives are turned magically upside down. Familiar to anyone who has seen the film or the recent West End adaptation, you can now read all six of these wonderfully original tales about Jane and Michael's adventures with the magical Mary Poppins. In each book Mary takes the children on the most extraordinary outings: to a fun fair inside a pavement picture; to visit Uncle Andrew who floats up to the ceiling when he laughs; on a spectacular trip to see the Man-in-the-Moon! With her strict but fair, no-nonsense attitude, combined with amazing magical powers, things are never straightforward with Mary Poppins! But she has only promised to stay until the wind changes...Beautifully presented in a slipcase with the artwork from the West End show, this is the perfect Christmas gift to be enjoyed all year round.

• ISBN10: 0140347216
• ISBN13: 9780140347210
• Publish Date: 1 October 1962
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 26 October 2004
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Puffin Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 160
• Language: English

Reviews

[Steph L]

Overall I don't know where to begin with this. It was a solid 4 star read for me. I knew the story going in, but I had never read it before.

Characters 4.8/5

.2 docked off becasue Jane and Michael bothered me at times. Overall, I enjoyed them but man at times I almost dnfed this book becasue they annoyed me. Mary was the saving grace of this book for me so that's why I upped the rating.

Plot 4/5

Some of the plot of this book was kind of a yikes because I couldn't tell where it was going. I felt like I could have skipped a few chapters and not really missed all that much. The book is about Mary and her adventures with the Banks's children and helping them. While I understand that, I felt like some of the chapters could be skipped entirely as they added nothing to the story for me.

Writing 5/5

The writing is whimsical as it should be for a book that it meant to be read to children. Had it not been for the writing keeping me engaged I would have dnfed this book.

Pace 4.5/5

The pace of the book was so stagnate in places and I didn't understand why. See the plot for more.