Like many people as a kid I watched Mary Poppins on TV starring Julie Andrews which is a lovely movie, but I did not realise it was also a book, until Christmas two years ago when I was bought the complete collection of Mary Poppins – there are in fact eight books in total, I didn’t realise there were that many. I am in the process of reading them all.
The first book is called Mary Poppins and was published in 1934 and is the basis of the movie. The book introduced the Banks family – (Mr & Mrs. Banks and their children Jane, Michael and the twins Barbara and John) and of course we are introduced to Mary Poppins – the magical Nanny.
Mary Poppins is a strict but fair Nanny but can be fun as well especially when she takes Michael and Jane on adventures like going to Uncle Bert’s for Tea and ending up on the ceiling, or talking to the animals, or putting stars back into the sky.
Michael and Jane find Mary Poppins mysterious and are at times unsure how she makes things happen – like going to the Zoo in the middle of the night, when they were meant to be in bed and being led around the Zoo by talking animals – but they have learned not to ask too many questions because they will get no answers.
The basis of the movie is taken from this book but there are many differences and other stories in the book which are not in the movie. It is a lovely book, a great story and PL Travers characters are all different yet engaging.
Mary Poppins is written for Children but I think it is a book for ages.
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