The complete Marry Poppins. - Brief review

I was able to read a couple of stories from this book at my sister's home at Montreux. Thank you  Mrs Dyuti Daeppen. It is a single book compilation of all the eight books. It is an easy read with comfortable spacing of sentences. The book is published by hHarper collins in 1994 and again in 2008. However the book was first published in shorter versions in 1934 in Great Britain by Peter Davis. Not to forget are the small and very representative illustrations which are few but very interesting.
The Mary Poppins stories, originating in P.L. Travers' eight-book series, center on the titular magical nanny who arrives at the Banks family's home at 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London. Blown in by the East wind, Mary Poppins is a practical yet enigmatic figure, vain and sometimes stern, but possessing extraordinary powers that she flatly refuses to acknowledge.
The original books are largely episodic, recounting the magical adventures of the Banks children—Jane, Michael, and the younger twins, John and Barbara. These escapades include having a tea party floating on the ceiling with her laughing relative, Mr. Wigg; stepping into a pavement-artist friend Bert’s chalk drawing; traveling the world with a magic compass; and attending a birthday party at the zoo where the animals are the guests.
Mary Poppins’ tenure is finite. She famously agrees to stay "till the wind changes." When the West wind blows, she departs as mysteriously as she arrived, leaving the Banks family forever changed by the touch of magic she brought into their ordinary lives.


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