This book is part of a book series called Mary Poppins .
There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1994 by HarperCollins Publishers .
P. L. Travers was born in 1899 in Maryborough in Queensland, Australia and was one of three sisters. 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.
This book contains the following story:
Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane
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.
This book is in the following series:
Puffin Storybooks
Mary Poppins
Nanny Mary Poppins is blown by the East Wind to the Banks's household at Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane to care for their children. When she is happy her work is done, the West Wind carries her away.
