Most Popular Books by P. L. Travers

Based on the original 1934 novel by P. L. Travers with beautiful illustrations by Genevieve Godbout, this collectable picture book is sure to become a favorite of Mary Poppins fans old and new. When the East Wind blows Mary Poppins over Cherry Tree Lane and into the lives of the Banks children, nothing is ever the same This picture book adaptation of the original novel is full of Mary''s unique brand of whimsical adventure: There''s a tea party on the ceiling, a visit to the night zoo, and a trip to a mysterious shop that sells stars. Told in a lyrical text with fresh yet timeless art by Genevieve Godbout, this version of Mary Poppins is perfect for reading aloud. Young and old, longtime friends of Mary, and those meeting her for the first time, will revel in this colorfully illustrated version of the story that inspired the image of the beloved nanny of page, stage, and screen.

By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the movie Saving Mr. Banks. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. This classic series tells the story of the world''s most beloved nanny, who brings enchantment and excitement with her everywhere she goes. Featuring the charming original cover art by Mary Shepard, these new editions are sure to delight readers of all ages. Pulled down from the clouds at the end of a kite string, Mary Poppins is back. In Mary’s care, the Banks children meet the King of the Castle and the Dirty Rascal, visit the upside-down world of Mr. Turvy and his bride, Miss Topsy, and spend a breathless afternoon above the park, dangling from a clutch of balloons. Surprises are sure to pop up when Mary Poppins is around!

An exquisite flagship gift edition of an iconic classic, illustrated by the former Waterstones Children''s Laureate, Lauren Child.

Who else but Mary Poppins can lead the Banks children on such extraordinary adventures? Together they all meet the Goosegirl and the Swineherd, argue with talking cats on a distant planet, make the acquaintance of the folks who live under dandelions, and celebrate a birthday by dancing with their own shadows. And that’s just for starters!

By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the major motion picture, Saving Mr. Banks. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. This classic series tells the story of the world''s most beloved nanny, who brings enchantment and excitement with her everywhere she goes. Featuring the charming original cover art by Mary Shepard, these new editions are sure to delight readers of all ages. Mary Poppins reappears just in time! According to her tape measure, Jane and Michael have grown "Worse and Worse" since she went away. But the children won''t have time to be naughty with all that Mary has planned for them. A visit to Mr. Twigley’s music box-filled attic, an encounter with the Marble Boy, and a ride on Miss Calico’s enchanted candy canes are all part of an average day out with everyone''s favorite nanny.

P. L. Travers introduced Mary Poppins to the world in 1934. Ever since, the no-nonsense English nanny has been beloved by children and adults everywhere. Originally published in 1962 and long unavailable, Mary Poppins from A to Z offers a unique glimpse of the famous Poppins cast. Twenty-six vignettes—one for each letter of the alphabet—weave unexpected tales of Mary Poppins, the Banks children, and other characters from Travers''s timeless novels. As an added twist, each vignette is filled with fun and unusual words that start with the featured letter. In full color, this enchanting edition will delight both old and new fans of the inimitable Mary Poppins.

By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the major motion picture, Saving Mr. Banks. Who can slide up banisters, banish naughtiness with a swift "Spit-spot," and turn a make-believe sidewalk drawing into a lovely day in the park? Mary Poppins, of course! This omnibus edition combines the two Mary Poppins classics, Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Comes Back, that inspired both the 1964 movie and the Broadway musical. With the original, iconic illustrations by Mary Shepard and the heartwarming stories that have brought laughter to children all over the world, this book is chock-full of all things magical!

"The Sphinx, the Pyramids, the stone temples are, all of them, ultimately, as flimsy as London Bridge; our cities but tents set up in the cosmos. We pass. But what the bee knows, the wisdom that sustains our passing life—however much we deny or ignore it—that for ever remains." —P. L. Travers

For the first time since the war, the Christmas peal is ringing at St Paul''s Cathedral. There is joy. There is new hope. It is Christmas Eve, the carol service has ended, and a woman with three small boys leaves the cathedral, the children swooping like pigeons. ''Why weren''t there any wild animals at the crib? Haven''t they got something to give?'' asked one of the children. And I heard myself say, ''Yes, they have.'' Was it true, what I told them? Did I dream it? Where it came from I do not know but I seemed to remember every word, just as if I had heard it . . . Outside the cathedral, the children are told the nativity story from a unique perspective: that of a fox. Despite the scorn of the other animals, he enters the stable to offer the child a gift that only he can give.

Popularizadas en todo el mundo por la versión cinematográfica que de ellas hiciera en 1964 Walt Disney, las aventuras de Mary Poppins son un clásico de la literatura infantil y juvenil. Con todo, a través de la singular institutriz, P. L. Travers dio vida a un personaje a caballo entre el hada buena de cuya protección y virtudes todos hemos deseado gozar, en nuestra fantasía, alguna vez y un espíritu más misterioso que, por sus poderes, parece estar arraigado en el sustrato mismo de la Naturaleza. El presente volumen reúne las dos primeras novelas de la serie ("Mary Poppins" y "Vuelve Mary Poppins") junto con las ilustraciones que para la primera edición de la obra hizo Mary Shepard.

''James and I stayed on at home and everything was quiet and sunny and we got to thinking the war would never come after all . . . Just when we were so sure nothing would happen, the German plane came over. It came over one night at one o''clock in the morning and the sound was quite different from an English plane and we all woke up. You could hear it drumming and drumming like a big bee in a flower, buroom, buroom, buroom, round and round in the air above the house. Then suddenly there were five loud explosions. After that there was a terrible silence and I knew that Father and Mother were looking at each other in the darkness and I felt myself getting small and tight inside. Then Father said quietly, "Meg, they must go!"'' Now I am going to write a Diary because we are going to America because of the War. It has just been decided. I will write down everything about it because we shall be so much older when we come back that I will never remember it if I do not. So this is the beginning. Oh, please let us come back soon, please.'' This is the fictional diary of Sabrina Lind, an eleven-year-old English girl who, with her little brother James, is sent on the long voyage across the sea to her aunt in America.

Get a unique glimpse at the famous Poppins cast as the spit-spot English nanny and the Banks children take over the kitchen for a week. With the help of familiar visitors like the Bird Woman, Admiral Boom, and Mr. and Mrs. Turvy, Mary Poppins teaches her irrepressible young charges the basics of cooking, from A to Z. And young readers can re-create the week''s menus by following the thirty different recipes. Kitchen adventures were never so much fun! In full color, this enchanting edition will delight both old and new fans of the inimitable Mary Poppins.

In the 1940s, P. L. Travers wrote three stories, which she gave as Christmas gifts to friends. One was ''Aunt Sass'', based on Travers''s great aunt - the real-life inspiration for Mary Poppins. Now, for the first time, they are available to a wider readership. Printed on board, with beautiful illustrations, this will be the perfect gift book for Christmas. Friends come in many guises. In these autobiographical stories, three characters - an eccentric great aunt, a Chinese cook and a foul-mouthed ex-jockey - assert a lifelong influence on the narrator, as she looks back over her childhood. Much like Mary Poppins, each comes into the child''s life just when she needs them most. And each, however unlikely, becomes a friend and a champion to the young girl. Charming, tender and moving, these stories, which were given to the author''s friends as Christmas gifts, contain all the hallmarks you''d expect from such a magical writer. And best of all, you will meet the woman who was the inspiration for Mary Poppins.

Mary Poppins es la historia de las aventuras de una institutriz que aparece volando a cuidar a los hermanos Banks. Su relación con los niños, con la naturaleza, los animales y las estrellas nos llevan a preguntarnos: ¿Quién es en realidad Mary Poppins? ¿U

Adventure follows adventure after the sudden appearance in the Banks family of the extraordinary nursemaid named Mary Poppins.

Çocukların Gökten İnen Dadı’sı Mary Poppins, dizinin beşinci ve son kitabı Mary Poppins Parkta’da tam altı macerayla karşımızda! Banks Ailesi’nin çocukları Michael ve Jane, Mary Poppins’le beraber yine birbirinden eğlenceli yolculuklara çıkıyor; herkesin başka biri olmak istediği macerada Kaz Güden Kız’ın hikâyesini dinliyor, birbirini çok özleyen aslan ile avcının dostluğuna tanık oluyor, masalın içine girip masal kahramanlarıyla bir araya geliyor, konuşan kedilerle konuşuyor, kendi gölgeleriyle dans ediyorlar! Yani, Mary Poppins’te yine en olmayacak şeyler oluyor! O zaman, haydi okumaya… "Yeni bir kitap, yeni maceralar; ama bu kez maceralar farklı farklı bölümlerde ve her biri birbirinden ilginç! Kitap içinde kitap gibi yazmış yazar. Mary Poppins''in anlattığı masallarla da hayal dünyalarımıza yeni pencereler açılıyor. Bu arada sorgulayacağımız pek çok kavramla da karşılaşıyoruz: Hiç kimse olmak-birisi olmak-kendin olmak, sadık dostlar, uğurlu günler, dileklerin yerine gelmesi, umutlanmak, masallar ve gerçek hayat, söylenebilecekler ve söylenemeyecekler... Mary Poppins ve Kiraz Ağacı Sokağı 17 Numara''nın sakinleri bu kitapla bize veda ediyorlar; ama giderken de diğer kitaplarda olduğu gibi bizi meraklandırarak, heyecanlandırarak ve sanki hiç gitmeyeceklermiş gibi hissettirerek." Nilser Utku-Türkçe Öğretmeni

Mary Poppins Kiraz Ağacı Sokağı''nda Çocuk Edebiyatı''nın Gökten İnen Dadı''sı, Yaz Gündönümü''nde, Banks Ailesi''nin çocuklarını büyülü bir yolculuğa çıkarır. O gece neler yaşanır neler: Masal kahramanları canlanıp insanların arasına karışır, gökteki yıldızlar insanlara dönüşür, hayvanlar dile gelir, şarkılar söylenerek hep beraber eğlenilir! Mary Poppins ve Komşu Ev Kiraz Ağacı Sokağı On Sekiz Numara kiralanmıştır. Evin yeni kiracısı, Bay Banks''e dadılık yapan Bayan Andrew''dur. Bayan Andrew, taşınırken beraberinde Luti adında bir çocuk getirmiştir. Jane ve Michael, yeni bir oyun arkadaşı bulduklarına pek sevinirler. Gelgelelim, Luti evini, ailesini ve geldiği yeri çok özlemektedir. Ona yardımcı olacak kişi ise, tabii ki Mary Poppins''tir! "Mary Poppins''in olduğu yerde tuhaflık ve macera eksik olur mu? Yaz Gündönümü akşamı, parktaki tuhaflıklarla dolu maceralar zinciri de, Park Bekçisi''nin gördükleriyle başlıyor. Annesi ona hoşgörülü olmasını, yılda bir kez Yaz Gündönümü''nün yaşandığını ve o gün her şeye hazırlıklı olması gerektiğini söylediğinde bile gördüklerini kabullenmekte zorlanıyor. Anlayacağınız, bu kitaptaki maceralar diğerlerinden biraz daha farklı! Hayal gücünüzü daha çok çalıştıracak, bir yandan da bilmediğiniz pek çok terimle tanışacaksınız: Yaz Gündönümü, Orion, Castor ve Pollux, Pegasus, Lepus, Saba Melikesi, Sirius, Polaris... Ve sonrasında okuyacaklarınız, size, buluttan basamaklarla gökyüzüne tırmanıyormuş hissi verecek. Keyifli okumalar dileğiyle..." Nilser Utku-Türkçe Öğretmeni

Mary Poppins maceraları yine çok şaşırtıcı, çok eğlenceli, inanılmaz! Bu maceralarda dilerseniz kuşlar gibi havada uçabilirsiniz; her şeyi bildiğini sanan Kral’a ders veren kedi olabilirsiniz; mermer çocuk için üzülebilir, nane şekerinden atlara binip kahkahalar atarak gökyüzünde yarışabilirsiniz… Peki ya ‘Yükselen Su Partisi’nde Tiddy-um-pom-pom müziğiyle dans etmeye ne dersiniz? Ama acele edin: Bütün bunları, Mary Poppins Öteki Kapı’yı açmadan yapmalısınız! Mary Poppins Kapıyı Açıyor, P.L. Travers’ı dünya çapında üne kavuşturan altı kitaplık serinin üçüncü kitabıdır. “Bu kitapta da Mary Poppins’in Kiraz Ağacı Sokağı No: 17’ye huzur ve mutluluk getirdiğini okuyacaksınız; ama bu kez her biri bir başka maceraya açılan kapılara benzeyen olaylar daha da ilginç. Hele kahramanlar; Bay Twigley, Sara Clump, baca temizleyici Bay Süpürge, doğum günü hediyesi olan küçük beyaz porselen kedi, canlanan mermer heykel Neleus, Bayan Calico, Kuş Kadın ve daha kimler kimler, neler neler… Fil Alfred, Mary Poppins için “O gerçekleşmiş bir peri masalıdır,” diyordu. Ne dersiniz, haklı mı acaba? Haydi, kitabı okuyup görelim.” Nilser Utku – Türkçe Öğretmeni