![]() ![]() In this post I want to explore one of the lesser known Mary Poppins books, Mary Poppins From A to Z and its new adaptation for the very small, the board book Mary Poppins ABC (2018). However, a fact, even when forgotten or disregarded, still remains a fact none of the Mary Poppins adventures books were written especially for children, strange as this may sound. Understandably, mending broken things and finding lost possessions are not exactly themes appealing to young readers at the beginning stages of life. Their lack of popularity could easily be explained by the eerie mood of the themes explored in the stories and the evermore shadowy character of Mary Poppins. ![]() Travers wrote them when she was well into her eighties. Nevertheless, they still deserve attention.Īs for the last two Mary Poppins adventure books, Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane (1982) and Mary Poppins in the House Next Door (1988), P. The next two books, Mary Poppins From A to Z, (1962) and Mary Poppins in the Kitchen (1975) are companions to the adventure books and are the least known by the public. The first four adventure books, Mary Poppins (1934), Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935), Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943) and Mary Poppins in the Park (1952) are the most popular. The Mary Poppins magnum opus is composed of eight books written over a period of fifty years. ![]()
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