Travers, bored of her usual characters, attempts to tell a fairy tale. These are by far my least favourite part of each Mary Poppins novel. The loveable characters you've grown accustom to are replaced by dull, limited-time-only, types. All left me rather unimpressed and impatient to get to the next chapter. This didn't bother me so much, as each time it was approched in a different way.
A child Christmas shopping, a trip into space, a statue coming to life and a Midsummer's Eve excursion to collect herbs. It was well done. If I have children one day, I'm sure I'll read them these stories. But I'll break it up one chapter at a time, with other books in between. Because I honestly don't know how children could stay focused on characters that never develop, and chapters that drag on an on about something alarmingly similar to something they read a week before.
Despite it all, I still enjoyed this collection. In fact, I loved certain parts, and found it captured my imagination. I just plain liked it. Had it not been stuffed full with so much filler, it would have been four stars.
Sadly, there were just too many bland characters and chapters to save the good parts. Nov 23, Mary rated it liked it. Review to come on THIS one. May 14, Maddie Turner rated it liked it. Mary Poppins books are actually a series. In the first book is where she is introduced and you learn all about her. She is practically perfect in every way. She gets brought to the house of the Banks by a gust of the east wind. Along the way they meet up with a chimney sweep named Bert.
Mary sho Mary Poppins books are actually a series. Mary shows them how to clean up and have fun while doing it. Mary in the book though is a little bit sassier than in the movie. None the less Mary, Jane, Michael, and Bert all go on an adventure through a drawing made of chalk by Bert.
They dance, sing, play, and have tea party too! All along the way they all have a wonderful time with each other. By the time they return home Jane and Michael are much better behaved and Mr. Banks is very pleased by that! I would recommend this book to just about anyone. It is a very feel good happy book. It is a very easy read. Although honestly I would recommend the movie over the book.
They are almost identical but have a few differences with the view of Mary Poppins herself. If you like happy go lucky films with a little bit of magic I would definitely recommend this book for you.
Also if you like books that are in a series that involve the same characters but different adventures then this is also the book for you. I also think younger kids would be interested in this book as well due to the magical aspect. Overall I enjoyed the book.
However I thought that the movie was a little bit more enjoyable because it made Mary seem nicer. Also when she sings you can hear her lovely voice. For the most part the book is just like the movie. Personally I enjoyed the movie better. In the book she is more vain and selfish where in the movie although still stern she is more cheerful and kind. In the book she almost denies her magical abilities to the children and scolds them more for their bad behavior.
Jan 14, NJ Wong rated it it was amazing. I think it was when I last read P L Travers' Mary Poppins books from the public library and I believe the public library had only just the first 2 books then.
Thus, reading all the 6 books now was very refreshing, as I have completely forgotten everything. My brain has been completely infected by Walt Disney's film, and I have watched the film multiple times over the past 40 years. So it was quite astonishing on reading the original books now that the book version of Mary Poppins is compl I think it was when I last read P L Travers' Mary Poppins books from the public library and I believe the public library had only just the first 2 books then.
So it was quite astonishing on reading the original books now that the book version of Mary Poppins is completely different from the film version of Mary Poppins.
Disney's version of the singing and dancing Mary Poppins and portrayed by the beautiful and super friendly Julie Andrews is nothing like the sinister and mysterious and dark character that is written in the books. Also, I was surprised that the books themselves do not have any over arching narrative unlike the movie.
In all the books, Mary Popppins simply appears, have adventures with the children, and then disappears. This is unlike the film, where the Banks children and Mr Banks undergo some form of transformation after coming in contact with Mary Poppins.
And I was also surprised that many of the stories were quite "dark" and scary. Disney really transformed people's conception of Mary Poppins as the fun and perfect nanny, when the books were simply not so! Anyway, this is a fun read. And it ties in nicely with the new Disney sequel "Mary Poppins Returns". I really appreciate the writers of the 2 movies in how they were able to stitch the standalone stories from the books and weave them together into an over-arching and amazingly, coherent plot that ties story, singing, and spectacle together.
It is a shame that the "Complete Collection" contains only the text of the 6 books, but not the illustrations! In this "Complete Collection", we are missing many of Mary Shepard's beautiful illustrations. In each chapter, there is only a tiny illustration on each chapter's start page. All the other illustrations in the chapter are omitted from this "Complete Collection". This is a crying shame. But then, perhaps this is a ploy to get readers to buy the standalone books again so that they can get all the Mary Shepard's illustrations.
At times she can be rude and a little vain ok a lot. But overall she loves the children there are five in this book instead of four. And there is exactly zero singing in this book. Here are some differences from the movie and the book: Bert is a very minor character in this book. And when he is there it is greatly implied that there is something going on between Mary and Bert. Banks is a very minor character in the book. Banks has more of a role than the movie.
Mary Poppins and children who go on an exciting adventure. At the end of each adventure, Micheal mostly ask Mary about these adventures ; Mary Poppins would pretend she had no idea what he was talking about. Her replies were always funny in my opinion.
Aug 08, David rated it it was ok Shelves: completed. You know how people are always saying that the book was so much better than the movie?
In this case, I'm sorry, but they are wrong. I wanted to read this because of seeing "Saving Mr. Banks" and recognizing that the writer used her own life circumstances-- The film, Mary Poppins, did a great job of making this series of imaginative scenes pop off the screen-- whereas, in print, they are not nearly as much fun. Mary Poppins is an enigma, a special person full of special magic a good witch? The scene in the bank in the film isn't in the book, but obviously was gleaned from conversations with Travers.
Is this a good children's book? Well, if you like nonsense stories with no real purpose-- I suppose. It is quite imaginative! It is an interesting and a quick read for an adult. I cannot imagine having really enjoyed this one as a kid, even after seeing the movie. It is a classic and I'm glad I took the time to read it, but it has no purpose and no direction-- turns out being just a few scenes that might have come from some strange dreams or something funny in the author's tea.
Feb 19, Caroline Handley rated it it was amazing. Nothing like the Disney movie and Mary Poppins is definitely no Julie Andrews she is much more fierce but she is fair and you are drawn to her. I can see where she was coming from as the film is not really anything like the books.
Enjoyed the books though and found them magical. May 04, Noelle rated it it was ok Shelves: current-physical-collection , fantasy , childrens , gifts , did-not-finish. While I enjoyed the original Mary Poppins book 1 , I had to give up on this omnibus edition.
Mary is downright unlikeable. Disney really did a great job turning her into someone you could be a little afraid of at times, but completely charismatic and deep down, a good person.
Read book 1, forget the rest. Mar 08, Zara Mcaspurren rated it it was amazing Shelves: period , historical , humour , favorites , adventure , fantasy , magic , classics , paperback , alternative-history. How Can You Resist? Mary Poppins is one of those figures from childhood that you should never feel like you can't revisit. Not only would she pull you up for the rudeness, there just so many layers to the stories that you will always catch something new in it.
This collection has all the stories, and it's great to be able to read them all. Well worth it. Aug 05, Fuzzy Buzzy rated it it was amazing Shelves: favorites. I am the lucky owner of the old editions with plenty of drawings and that's another reason why I loved those books so much when I was young. Feb 07, Tanita Swanepoel rated it it was amazing.
I really loved them. Mary Poppins taught the Banks children scary lessons, but always kept them safe. She is extremely vain and a little rude at times, but still manages to show the children how much she loves them especially when she leaves at the end of the book.
I'll probably read the series again sometimes I really loved them. I'll probably read the series again sometimes Jan 24, Elizabeth rated it it was amazing.
A very different Mary Poppins to the movie!! Apr 10, Ana rated it liked it Shelves: fantasy , european-literature , british-literature , fiction , 20th-century , childrens , australian-literature.
Aug 23, Aneira Hayward rated it really liked it. Totally different from the Disney film, Mary is not a very nice person, never has anything nice to say and has no redeeming features!
She's very rude and I found myself disliking her very early on. May 27, Leah rated it it was amazing. Loved every page of this book! Nov 29, Luisa Baudino rated it it was amazing Shelves: classics , children-literature , favorites. If you are like me and grew up breaking your VHS of Mary Poppins's film for watching it too many times, don't expect to find in the books exactly what you grew to love in the movie, but also don't worry and don't stop when you first start and don't recognize your beloved "practically perfect in every way" nanny!
Cause if the Mary Poppins from the books is slightly more strict and rough around the edges you will learn to recognize the very same nanny in the way she acts and in the adventure she a If you are like me and grew up breaking your VHS of Mary Poppins's film for watching it too many times, don't expect to find in the books exactly what you grew to love in the movie, but also don't worry and don't stop when you first start and don't recognize your beloved "practically perfect in every way" nanny!
Cause if the Mary Poppins from the books is slightly more strict and rough around the edges you will learn to recognize the very same nanny in the way she acts and in the adventure she and the Banks children have.
One of the best things for me was to look for every bit of information that was used and adapted in my beloved movie and there are endless possibilities to enjoy these beautiful books! Mary Poppins is and will always be the perfect nanny and curling up and read her adventures even as an adult is pure magic. Feb 14, Rachel Smelleykins rated it really liked it Shelves: reads , 4-star-reads.
Mary Poppins is a mardy lady who think she's the most wonderful person in the whole world. She takes the children on adventures then denies such things have ever happened. It could seriously mess with your mind if you were a child and you were constantly told what you knew happened, didn't. Yet still the children loved Mary. Its' a fun book, a brick mind, so go into it knowing it will take some time to get through.
At times it felt like small stories packed into this not so much one big story over Mary Poppins is a mardy lady who think she's the most wonderful person in the whole world. At times it felt like small stories packed into this not so much one big story overall. It is nothing like the films either. So do not go into this expecting it to be so, its not always fun and spoon full of sugars in this book. Also there are five children, compared to the two in the film. Mar 07, Gemma Phillips rated it it was amazing.
I wanted to know what the true Mary Poppins was like. I am so in love with these books! Yes they are different to the films. At times they are dark. But my word, the stories are beautiful. Each chapter really captured my imagination. You get to understand each character and they feel so real. At times the stories are so moving and have proper meaning. I loved them. I also enjoyed the introduction and postscript, they were lovely touches. I think you can enjoy both the books and the films.
They are entirely different but gorgeous in their own ways. Feb 04, Sammy Young rated it really liked it. I would like to break each down individually using Goodreads 5 star rating method, though I do think all stories in the book are worth a read! Mary Poppins - 3. Jun 12, Mai-ana rated it really liked it. I really enjoyed this book although not the size of it. It is a big heavy book so hard to read in bed and hold up. Now if I am being honest it isn't the best written book in the whole world but it is very whimiscal and very Mary Poppins.
The first three are actual books which doesn't necessarily have a traditional narrative, each chapter is more of a little adventure the children have with Mary Poppins. Much like you would expect if watching the movie. The movie is not like the book though! They I really enjoyed this book although not the size of it. They are little adventures throughout that are full of whimsy, adventure and silliness.
Jan 24, Suzie rated it really liked it. I liked this book a lot because it had a lot of twists and turns. I did feel quite sad when Mary Poppins came and went. Jane, Michael, John,Barbara and Annabel were always so sad when she suddenly disappeared. If you had ever watched the movie, it is much more different. There are many new and different characters such as Ms. Andrew and Mrs. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure and mirth. Jul 11, LissysLittleLibrary rated it really liked it.
I honestly really loved it. It made me smile and even cry at one point. It really reminded me of my childhood with the movies. He is too much occupied with his work since he has a senior job as portrayed by the movie, that he rarely has time for his family.
He had a bad experience with a rough nanny while growing up and this caution by a friend completely changes him in to a dad every child would wish for. Wilfred Banks is the wife of Mr. George Banks and mother of Jane and Michael. She is Mr. Banks household mistress who is constantly intimidated and treated contemptuously by Mary Poppins and especially because she never had time to looks after her children. A former actress married to a banker, she is also under pressure from her husband who wants her to fit in her social circle.
The books portrays five Banks children, Jane and Michael the eldest and who Mary Poppins go on with during most of her magical adventures, John and Barbara who are twins and started going on the magical adventures in the second book and Annabel the youngest and who only joins the magical adventure crew at the middle of the second book.
The film only includes Jane and Michael. Mary Poppins has an admirer due to her magical powers, Miss Lark who lives next door and owns two dogs, Andrew and Willoughby. She initially had Andrew only who is a pure bred but later after Andrews request, they adopted Willoughby. She appears throughout the book series and is also included in the film. Bert is Mary Poppins best friend in the series who draws lifelike pictures on the pavement but sells matches during the rainy day and hence the nickname Matchman.
Admiral Boom, a former navy officer is a former neighbor in Cherry Tree Lane who now lives in ship shaped like house with his wife and assistant Binnacle; a former pirate. Other characters in the books series include the Banks other servants who work with Mary Poppins.
They include Ellen, who has a great love for the Bank children but abhors staying with them, Mrs. Brill the cook who hates Ellen and always fussy without a reason and Robertson Ay, the lazy jack of all trade teen who happens to be very forgetful also.
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