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By (author) Travers, P. L.

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Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures!

The original and classic story available now in all-new luxurious livery.

Discover the joy and wonder of Mary Poppins in the classic adventures!

The original and classic story available now in all-new luxurious livery.

When the East Wind blows Mary Poppins into the home of the banks children, their lives go topsy-turvy and are changed forever.

More than eighty years since we first met Mary Poppins, this original, classic story is still charming readers and transporting new fans into the mysterious world of everyone’s favourite magical nanny.

Review quote:

“Like all great children’s classics Mary Poppins is frightening and sad as well as magic and very funny.”
The Observer

“Absolutely alive, and aglint with magic.”
Walter de la Mare

Biographical note:

P.L. Travers was born in 1899 in Maryborough in Queensland, 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.

Feature:

• Brand-new edition of the much-loved classic, Mary Poppins – gorgeous new livery to tie in with movie release

• Featuring ‘More than a story’ extra content at the back of the book

• Mary Poppins is already a household name with timeless appeal. She is the most famous nanny in the world; parents remember the film from their childhood and their children watch the film on DVD

• A major relaunch of our classics list will showcase HarperCollins’ rich publishing history and bring timeless stories to a new generation of readers

Competition: Alice in Wonderland;Howl’s Moving Castle;The Chronicles of Narnia;Charlotte’s Web;Peter Pan; The Story of Doctor Doolittle. Lewis Carroll;Diana Wynne Jones;C. S. Lewis;E. B. White;J. M. Barrie;Hugh Lofting