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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
It still has the quality to enchant, this book. Having read it again after many years, trying to read the stories with children's eyes, I still love the stories! And two are the ones I like best - one is the story of the Bird Woman sitting next to St. Paul's Cathedral, selling food for the birds, but of course it is enhanced by remembering the lovely song in the movie that Julie Andrews did sing and it makes the story more alive to me now...
And the second one is the absolutely lovely story when Jane, Michael and Mary Poppins go Christmas Shopping and something blows Maia, the second of the Pleiades stars, into the revolving door of the shop, wrapped only into a wisp of stuff that 'looked if she had torn it from the sky'. She has come to do Christmas Shopping and she needs no money for it, for at Christmas things should be given away, itn't it? And they 'don't have money anyway up there... She chooses something for all her sisters, but nothing for herself... I think this is the one I like best, for it is so wise if you understand it!
Still lovely, although written long ago and let's hope 'the wind changes sometime again', maybe a Mary Poppins would do some of our youngsters a world of good!
And the second one is the absolutely lovely story when Jane, Michael and Mary Poppins go Christmas Shopping and something blows Maia, the second of the Pleiades stars, into the revolving door of the shop, wrapped only into a wisp of stuff that 'looked if she had torn it from the sky'. She has come to do Christmas Shopping and she needs no money for it, for at Christmas things should be given away, itn't it? And they 'don't have money anyway up there... She chooses something for all her sisters, but nothing for herself... I think this is the one I like best, for it is so wise if you understand it!
Still lovely, although written long ago and let's hope 'the wind changes sometime again', maybe a Mary Poppins would do some of our youngsters a world of good!
This box set contains 3 books which are: Mary Poppins; Mary Poppins Opens The Door and Mary Poppins Comes Back. The books arrived in a flimsy cardboard sleeve which is pretty but not substantial and I don't think it will last long without a lot of care being taken when removing books from it and returning them to it.
All 3 books are beautiful written and the stories of Mary Poppins are magical.
I have the most wonderful and fond memories of reading these books (which I read before seeing the Julia Andrews' film) and I was transported back to my childhood when reading them.
All 3 books are beautiful written and the stories of Mary Poppins are magical.
I have the most wonderful and fond memories of reading these books (which I read before seeing the Julia Andrews' film) and I was transported back to my childhood when reading them.
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Remember the days
19 Sep 2006
when you used to find a nice quiet spot, away from all disturbances
and jump headfirst into the adventures of the Banks children and Mary Poppins? I do. These stories are among the best children's literature ever written. They are right up there with the Chronicles of Narnia and Alice in Wonderland and all those British classics. Take my advice. Grab the entire series. Find a nice quiet spot. And go and visit Cherry Tree Lane.
and jump headfirst into the adventures of the Banks children and Mary Poppins? I do. These stories are among the best children's literature ever written. They are right up there with the Chronicles of Narnia and Alice in Wonderland and all those British classics. Take my advice. Grab the entire series. Find a nice quiet spot. And go and visit Cherry Tree Lane.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Magical, delightful stories that will enchant children young and old
21 Nov 2010
The original Mary Poppins books are magical. There's the story of Michael, Jane and Mary Poppins going to the gingerbread shop where the little old lady who owned it asked the children what their favorite cancy was and then, to their amazement, broke off one of her fingers for Jane and Michael and the twins and lo and behold, they were candy and the old lady's fingers grew right back magically.
She had to hulking daughters named Fannie and Annie. Mary Poppins bought gingerbread which was square and wrapped in tinfoil with silver stars on the front for the children. The old lady asked the children where they kept their stars and they told her they were in a shoebox in their closet. They noticed the old lady and Mary Poppins exchanging glances. That night when they were supposed to be asleep Mary Poppins came into their room and in the dark took something out of their closet and left the room silently. They heard a noise outside and ran to the window to look. There were Fannie and Annie under the nagging instruction of their little mother, leaning two huge ladders against each other; they stretched up into the sky. Then Mary Poppins and the little old lady, buckets of paste in hand, climbed the ladders and pasted the gingerbread stars onto the sky. I am 72 - read that story when I was just a girl and remember it nearly word for word.
Wonderful, magical stories - all tweaking the imaginations of children from one generation to the next. Mary Poppins wasn't pretty and sweet - she was stern, unsmiling and demanded respect and the children loved her dearly and everyone who reads these books knows that Mary Poppins loves them too.
I highly recommend these stories for anyone who wants their children to use their imaginations. They may have been written in the 30's - my sister and I read them in the 40's, but I guarantee they'll be delighted with the stories and will beg to hear a new one every night and will be disappointed when every book has been read.
I don't know how the woman with all the negative comments could possibly have misinterpreted these books the way she has. I suggest she donate them to a library since she hates them so much - no doubt they'd be delighted to have them. As Anne of Green Gables would say, the lady has absolutely "no imagination"!
She had to hulking daughters named Fannie and Annie. Mary Poppins bought gingerbread which was square and wrapped in tinfoil with silver stars on the front for the children. The old lady asked the children where they kept their stars and they told her they were in a shoebox in their closet. They noticed the old lady and Mary Poppins exchanging glances. That night when they were supposed to be asleep Mary Poppins came into their room and in the dark took something out of their closet and left the room silently. They heard a noise outside and ran to the window to look. There were Fannie and Annie under the nagging instruction of their little mother, leaning two huge ladders against each other; they stretched up into the sky. Then Mary Poppins and the little old lady, buckets of paste in hand, climbed the ladders and pasted the gingerbread stars onto the sky. I am 72 - read that story when I was just a girl and remember it nearly word for word.
Wonderful, magical stories - all tweaking the imaginations of children from one generation to the next. Mary Poppins wasn't pretty and sweet - she was stern, unsmiling and demanded respect and the children loved her dearly and everyone who reads these books knows that Mary Poppins loves them too.
I highly recommend these stories for anyone who wants their children to use their imaginations. They may have been written in the 30's - my sister and I read them in the 40's, but I guarantee they'll be delighted with the stories and will beg to hear a new one every night and will be disappointed when every book has been read.
I don't know how the woman with all the negative comments could possibly have misinterpreted these books the way she has. I suggest she donate them to a library since she hates them so much - no doubt they'd be delighted to have them. As Anne of Green Gables would say, the lady has absolutely "no imagination"!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Reading-opens up the world around you!
7 Jan 2010
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My 9 year old grandniece loves reading and was very excited to receive this collection.
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