Mary Poppins Opens the Door (Harcourt Brace Young Classics) - Hardcover

Travers, P. L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152017208 ISBN 13: 9780152017200

Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books, 1997

Synopsis

Mary Poppins returns, falling from the sky like a shooting star! Soon Mary and the kids are off on a new round of marvelous adventures. A visit to Mr. Twigley’s music box-filled attic, an encounter with the Marble Boy, a ride on Miss Calico’s enchanted candy canes--all part of an average day out with the world’s most beloved nanny.

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Review

"When Mary Poppins is about, her young charges can never tell where the real world merges into make-believe. Neither can the reader, and that is one of the hallmarks of good fantasy."--The New York Times

-When Mary Poppins is about, her young charges can never tell where the real world merges into make-believe. Neither can the reader, and that is one of the hallmarks of good fantasy.---The New York Times

From the Back Cover

Up in the sky a tiny spark hovered and swayed in the darkness. What could it be...? Still they waited. And still the spark grew even larger and brighter. Then suddenly Jane caught her breath. And Michael gave a gasp. Down came the spark, growing longer and wider. And as it came, it took on a shape that was strange and also familiar. Out of the glowing core of light emerged a curious figure – a figure in a black straw hat and a blue coat trimmed with silver buttons.

'This is the third book about Mary Poppins.'

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

"Like all great children's classics, 'Mary Poppins' is frightening and sad as well as magic and very funny."
Observer

Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152017208
• ISBN 13: 9780152017200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Shepard Mary, Sims Agnes
• Number of pages: 255