Fantasy
Mary Poppins
Author P. L. Travers
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Story
The world of the Banks children is turned upside down when a strong East Wind blows a new nanny to Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane. Mary Poppins is strict and sometimes cross, but the children soon learn she is also caring and magical. She takes them on extraordinary adventures and stays with the family, maintaining order and good manners, until the wind changes.
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Why we chose it
A classic story, which inspired a much loved film.
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First published
1934, Gerald Howe, London, UK