Mary Poppins
core novel 1934 Mary Poppins
Record
| First published | 1934 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.00 (141,502 ratings, collected 2026-10-06) |
| Page count | 208 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152058104 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
At Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London, the Banks family needs a new nanny for Jane, Michael and the twins, and one arrives on the East Wind, blown up to the front door with a carpet bag and a parrot-headed umbrella. Mary Poppins slides up the banister, unpacks an armchair from an apparently empty bag, and makes a dose of medicine taste like lime-juice cordial, strawberry ice and rum punch depending on who drinks it, and she will not stay a moment longer than "till the wind changes". Vain, stern and never willing to admit that anything odd has happened, she takes the children on adventures: tea on the ceiling with her laughing uncle Mr. Wigg, a trip around the world by compass, a night when the zoo's animals keep the humans in cages, and a visit to the Bird Woman. Then the wind changes.
Where it sits
- Universe: Mary Poppins
- Series: Mary Poppins core; position 1 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: P. L. Travers
Notes
- From the series record (Mary Poppins): P. L. Travers's six story books about the magical nanny of Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London, and the Banks children (1934-1988), illustrated throughout by Mary Shepard. The first three follow her arrivals and departures; the later three are set within those visits.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Mary Poppins: position 1 of 6: next Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935)
Sources
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