Mary Poppins Opens the Door
core novel 1943 Mary Poppins
Record
| First published | 1943 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.07 (8,966 ratings, collected 2026-10-06) |
| Page count | 240 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780544439580 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
On Guy Fawkes Night the Banks children are setting off rockets in the park when one falling spark turns out to be Mary Poppins, descending by her umbrella to take charge of the nursery for the third time, "till the door opens". The adventures of her last stay include a visit to the marble statue of Neleus, who comes down off his pedestal in the park, the High Tide party at which all the fish of the sea come to look at the humans on dry land, the Cat That Looked at a King, and the Crack between the Old Year and the New, when storybook characters and enemies alike are friends. The door of the title is the Other Door, the one at the end of everything, and when it opens, Mary Poppins goes through it for good, waving to the children from the sky.
Where it sits
- Universe: Mary Poppins
- Series: Mary Poppins core; position 3 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 3 of 6: previous Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935) · next Mary Poppins in the Park (1952)
Sources
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