Mary Poppins Opens the Door (Book #3)

by P. L. Travers

Hardcover, 1997

Status

Available

Local notes

Fic Tra

Barcode

588

Collection

Publication

Harcourt Children's Books (1997), 255 pages. Purchased in 2010. $18.00.

Description

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family in a rocket and involves the Banks children in more magical adventures including those with Peppermint Horses, the Marble Boy, and the Cat that Looked at the King.

Original language

English

Original publication date

1943

Physical description

255 p.; 5.25 inches

User reviews

LibraryThing member MerryMary
Mary Poppins flies in on a rocket (firecracker) on Guy Fawkes Day. The usual wonderful adventures ensue, with Mary being tart, sarcastic, and dictatorial - nothing at all like Julie Andrews!! We have encounters with Peppermint Horses, a Cat that looks at the King, and a statue named Neleus, among
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others. When the "Other Door" opens and she leaves, she is seen off by many of the series characters not only from this book, but from the previous ones. We are left with the feeling this might really be the real end.
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LibraryThing member simchaboston
Another charming entry in the Mary Poppins series, and perfectly enjoyable bedtime reading. The last chapter does have the feeling of a send-off even though there were several books after this one.
LibraryThing member Olivermagnus
Mary Poppins has returned to the Banks nursery. According to her tape measure, Jane and Michael have grown ''Worse and Worse'' since she went away. The old Cherry Tree Lane friends are here again and also some amazing new ones.

Not only do Mary Poppins and the children act as a common thread
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throughout all of them, but so does the conflict between discipline and creativity. When Mary Poppins is around in the children’s lives there's bothorder and chaos, schedules and spontaneity, and reason and emotion.

When the "Other Door" opens and she leaves, she is seen off by many of the series characters not only from this book, but from the previous ones. We are left with the feeling this might really be the real end. Say it ain't so Mary Poppins!
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Pages

255

Rating

(167 ratings; 4.1)
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