Mary Poppins Comes Back
core novel 1935 Mary Poppins
Record
| First published | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.99 (16,132 ratings, collected 2026-10-06) |
| Page count | 268 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780544439573 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
Nothing has been right at Number Seventeen since Mary Poppins left, and the children are sent out to fly a kite in the park. The kite catches on something at the end of its string and, reeled in, brings down Mary Poppins, who takes up her post exactly as before and explains nothing. The new adventures are odder and darker than the first: the Banks' fifth child, Annabel, arrives and talks with the Starling until she forgets; the children are summoned into the sky for Mary Poppins's birthday, where the constellations dance; Jane, shut in her room in a temper, is pulled into a Royal Doulton bowl by a boy named Valentine and nearly kept there for ever; and a terrifying governess from Mr. Banks's childhood, Miss Andrew, is routed by the nanny. Mary Poppins leaves on a merry-go-round horse, with a return ticket.
Where it sits
- Universe: Mary Poppins
- Series: Mary Poppins core; position 2 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 2 of 6: previous Mary Poppins (1934) · next Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943)
Sources
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