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Mary Poppins #5-6
Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane & Mary Poppins and the House Next Door
In Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane going to the park for a supper picnic proves to be more than just the expected treat when Mary Poppins is around, and in Mary Poppins and the House Next Door Mary Poppins takes the Banks children on a spectacular trip to the Man-in-the-Moon. Illustrated
174 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
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About the author
P.L. Travers
66 books732 followersPamela Lyndon Travers was an Australian novelist, actress and journalist, popularly remembered for her series of children's novels about mystical nanny Mary Poppins.
She was born to bank manager Travers Robert Goff and Margaret Agnes. Her father died when she was seven, and although "epileptic seizure delirium" was given as the cause of death, Travers herself "always believed the underlying cause was sustained, heavy drinking".
Travers began to publish her poems while still a teenager and wrote for The Bulletin and Triad while also gaining a reputation as an actress. She toured Australia and New Zealand with a Shakespearean touring company before leaving for England in 1924. There she dedicated herself to writing under the pen name P. L. Travers.
In 1925 while in Ireland, Travers met the poet George William Russell who, as editor of The Irish Statesman, accepted some of her poems for publication. Through Russell, Travers met William Butler Yeats and other Irish poets who fostered her interest in and knowledge of world mythology. Later, the mystic Gurdjieff would have a great effect on her, as would also have on several other literary figures.
The 1934 publication of Mary Poppins was Travers' first literary success.Five sequels followed, as well as a collection of other novels, poetry collections and works of non-fiction.
The Disney musical adaptation was released in 1964. Primarily based on the first novel in what was then a sequence of four books, it also lifted elements from the sequel Mary Poppins Comes Back. Although Travers was an adviser to the production she disapproved of the dilution of the harsher aspects of Mary Poppins's character, felt ambivalent about the music and disliked the use of animation to such an extent that she ruled out any further adaptations of the later Mary Poppins novels. At the film's star-studded premiere, she reportedly approached Disney and told him that the animated sequence had to go. Disney responded by saying "Pamela, the ship has sailed." and walked away. Travers would never again agree to another Poppins/Disney adaptation, though Disney made several attempts to persuade her to change her mind.
So fervent was Travers' dislike of the Walt Disney adaptation and the way she felt she had been treated during the production, that well into her 90s, when she was approached by producer Cameron Mackintosh to do the stage musical, she only acquiesced upon the condition that only English born writers (and specifically no Americans) and no one from the film production were to be directly involved with the creative process of the stage musical. This specifically excluded the Sherman Brothers from writing additional songs for the production even though they were still very prolific. Original songs and other aspects from the 1964 film were allowed to be incorporated into the production however. These points were stipulated in her last will and testament.
Travers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1977. She died in London in 1996.
Although Travers never married, she adopted a boy when she was in her late 30s.
She was born to bank manager Travers Robert Goff and Margaret Agnes. Her father died when she was seven, and although "epileptic seizure delirium" was given as the cause of death, Travers herself "always believed the underlying cause was sustained, heavy drinking".
Travers began to publish her poems while still a teenager and wrote for The Bulletin and Triad while also gaining a reputation as an actress. She toured Australia and New Zealand with a Shakespearean touring company before leaving for England in 1924. There she dedicated herself to writing under the pen name P. L. Travers.
In 1925 while in Ireland, Travers met the poet George William Russell who, as editor of The Irish Statesman, accepted some of her poems for publication. Through Russell, Travers met William Butler Yeats and other Irish poets who fostered her interest in and knowledge of world mythology. Later, the mystic Gurdjieff would have a great effect on her, as would also have on several other literary figures.
The 1934 publication of Mary Poppins was Travers' first literary success.Five sequels followed, as well as a collection of other novels, poetry collections and works of non-fiction.
The Disney musical adaptation was released in 1964. Primarily based on the first novel in what was then a sequence of four books, it also lifted elements from the sequel Mary Poppins Comes Back. Although Travers was an adviser to the production she disapproved of the dilution of the harsher aspects of Mary Poppins's character, felt ambivalent about the music and disliked the use of animation to such an extent that she ruled out any further adaptations of the later Mary Poppins novels. At the film's star-studded premiere, she reportedly approached Disney and told him that the animated sequence had to go. Disney responded by saying "Pamela, the ship has sailed." and walked away. Travers would never again agree to another Poppins/Disney adaptation, though Disney made several attempts to persuade her to change her mind.
So fervent was Travers' dislike of the Walt Disney adaptation and the way she felt she had been treated during the production, that well into her 90s, when she was approached by producer Cameron Mackintosh to do the stage musical, she only acquiesced upon the condition that only English born writers (and specifically no Americans) and no one from the film production were to be directly involved with the creative process of the stage musical. This specifically excluded the Sherman Brothers from writing additional songs for the production even though they were still very prolific. Original songs and other aspects from the 1964 film were allowed to be incorporated into the production however. These points were stipulated in her last will and testament.
Travers was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1977. She died in London in 1996.
Although Travers never married, she adopted a boy when she was in her late 30s.
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August 23, 2018
It's Mary Poppins...need I say more?
However, I did find Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane a bit unoriginal - like it was drawing from stories from the rest of the series, but Mary Poppins and The House Next Door was every bit as enchanting and magical as all the other beloved stories...and the old nanny Miss Andrews finally got a suitable "happy-ever-after" ;).
I discovered Mary Poppins, when I was around ten years old - I'm now close to 42...and I still return to her in stressful or draining periods; the world is simply a bit brighter with Mary in it!
However, I did find Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane a bit unoriginal - like it was drawing from stories from the rest of the series, but Mary Poppins and The House Next Door was every bit as enchanting and magical as all the other beloved stories...and the old nanny Miss Andrews finally got a suitable "happy-ever-after" ;).
I discovered Mary Poppins, when I was around ten years old - I'm now close to 42...and I still return to her in stressful or draining periods; the world is simply a bit brighter with Mary in it!
May 12, 2019
Loved The House Next Door, the story, the characters, the house... it was delightful.
In Cherry Tree Lane was just meh for me..
In Cherry Tree Lane was just meh for me..
March 22, 2019
Difficult to rate really as they are effectively two short stories. The first one nothing really happened, just a few visitors from the constellations popping down for a picnic. The second story was much more enjoyable with the return of Miss Andrew and her young ward Luti.
My Mary Poppins adventure is over now I’ve read all of the books!
My Mary Poppins adventure is over now I’ve read all of the books!
April 2, 2024
Thankfully this one is done. How kids could have enjoyed these books, I don't know. They suffer from the same problem I find with Winnie the Pooh - The writing lacks flow. I for one cannot follow the narrative and get easily bored by the posturing. Just not for me.
August 9, 2017
Delightful stories.
May 19, 2023
What a sweet ending to the series.
I still prefer the movie though.
I still prefer the movie though.
February 7, 2017
Though you'd doubtlessly recognise some of the characters, adventures, sayings and iconic images if you have ever watched the 1964 film starring Julie Andrews, the books (the latter, Mary Poppins In The Park, Mary Poppins In Cherry Tree Lane and Mary Poppins And The House Next Door, of which, chronicling the adventures not yet recounted from the initial three visits, were published after the film), are, as is so often the case, well, quite different though by no means un-recognisably so.
Marketed at those aged 9+ as is clearly indicated on the back cover. The young bookworm that was me having somehow managed to miss the books, I came to them some 29 years after the last one, Mary Poppins And The House Next Door, was originally published.
OK so Mary is vain, stern, priggish, domineering, somewhat quick to anger ... I could go on. The children, brats. And arguably (though revised in 1981 after accusations of racism which apparently saw the stereotyping of several different ethnic groups including the Chinese and Native Americans) still not altogether politically correct by today's standard. P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins is hardly Mary Poppins ala Walt Disney.
And yet ...
Charmingly whimsical and essentially quintessentially British.
Each novel (bar the last two which at just over 50 pages each are more novellas than full stories) is effectively a series of random adventures contained within a chapter. Some longer than others but on the whole, each chapter/adventure read separately, ideal as a bed-time read. I enjoyed all of the books though as was expected preferred some adventures to others.
Read as a five book set containing the six full novels. My reviews of the previous books in the series are as this one.
Copyright: Tracy Terry @ Pen and Paper
Marketed at those aged 9+ as is clearly indicated on the back cover. The young bookworm that was me having somehow managed to miss the books, I came to them some 29 years after the last one, Mary Poppins And The House Next Door, was originally published.
OK so Mary is vain, stern, priggish, domineering, somewhat quick to anger ... I could go on. The children, brats. And arguably (though revised in 1981 after accusations of racism which apparently saw the stereotyping of several different ethnic groups including the Chinese and Native Americans) still not altogether politically correct by today's standard. P.L. Travers' Mary Poppins is hardly Mary Poppins ala Walt Disney.
And yet ...
Charmingly whimsical and essentially quintessentially British.
Each novel (bar the last two which at just over 50 pages each are more novellas than full stories) is effectively a series of random adventures contained within a chapter. Some longer than others but on the whole, each chapter/adventure read separately, ideal as a bed-time read. I enjoyed all of the books though as was expected preferred some adventures to others.
Read as a five book set containing the six full novels. My reviews of the previous books in the series are as this one.
Copyright: Tracy Terry @ Pen and Paper
January 31, 2022
📚☂️ Joe Hill’in #itfaiyeci kitabını okuduğumdan beri #marypoppins okumak istiyordum çünkü oradaki ana karakter bir Mary Poppins hayranıydı. Çok sevgili @kelime_yayinlari bu klasik eseri basmışken, kaçırmak olmazdı. Ancak ben 4. kitaptan giriş yapmışım seriye 🙈 İlk fırsatta ilk kitaptan itibaren seriyi alıp okuyacağım. Siz benim gibi yapmayın ve #gökteninendadı ile başlayın ☺️ Hem fantastik hem de eğlenceli bu dadının maceralarına hem çocuklarınız hem de siz bayılacaksınız 🥰
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☂️ Elimdeki kitapta iki ayrı hikaye mevcut. İlki #marypoppinskirazağacısokağında Bu hikayede Gündönümü günü parkta piknik yapan Mary Poppins ve Banks ailesinin çocuklarının yaşadığı şahane olayları okuyoruz. Hikaye tüm gökyüzünü ayaklarınıza serecek 💫
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☂️ İkinci hikaye ise #marypopinsvekomşuev Kiraz ağacı sokağının boş olan tek evi 18 numaraya, Bay Banks’e dadılık yapmış olan Bayan Andrew taşınır. Sokak halkı bu evin dolmasından memnun değildir aslında ama çare de yoktur. Taşınırken yanında getirdiği yardımcısı Luti’yi de çok sevmişlerdir üstelik. Fakat Güney Denizlerinden getirilen bu çocuk evini ve ailesini özlemektedir. Ona yardım elini uzatacak olan da tabi ki Mary Poppins’tir 💜
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☂️ Elimdeki kitapta iki ayrı hikaye mevcut. İlki #marypoppinskirazağacısokağında Bu hikayede Gündönümü günü parkta piknik yapan Mary Poppins ve Banks ailesinin çocuklarının yaşadığı şahane olayları okuyoruz. Hikaye tüm gökyüzünü ayaklarınıza serecek 💫
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☂️ İkinci hikaye ise #marypopinsvekomşuev Kiraz ağacı sokağının boş olan tek evi 18 numaraya, Bay Banks’e dadılık yapmış olan Bayan Andrew taşınır. Sokak halkı bu evin dolmasından memnun değildir aslında ama çare de yoktur. Taşınırken yanında getirdiği yardımcısı Luti’yi de çok sevmişlerdir üstelik. Fakat Güney Denizlerinden getirilen bu çocuk evini ve ailesini özlemektedir. Ona yardım elini uzatacak olan da tabi ki Mary Poppins’tir 💜
May 26, 2019
5*
I've read the entire Mary Poppins series in one month. I didn't review it immediately after finishing it, I let it sit for a bit and I'm glad for it. I decided to rate all of them 5*, unfortunately I don't have enough thoughts to write an individual review for every single book. Mary Poppins books are definitely really different to what I was expecting them to be like but I actually love Mary Poppins as a character. Her no nonsense attitude, how snarky and full of herself she is. I loved how she was constantly making everyone around her to look like idiots. I'm not entirely sure I would read these books to my kids but I had a lot of fun reading them myself.
I've read the entire Mary Poppins series in one month. I didn't review it immediately after finishing it, I let it sit for a bit and I'm glad for it. I decided to rate all of them 5*, unfortunately I don't have enough thoughts to write an individual review for every single book. Mary Poppins books are definitely really different to what I was expecting them to be like but I actually love Mary Poppins as a character. Her no nonsense attitude, how snarky and full of herself she is. I loved how she was constantly making everyone around her to look like idiots. I'm not entirely sure I would read these books to my kids but I had a lot of fun reading them myself.
November 27, 2021
Δύο όμορφα βιβλία που ολοκληρώνουν τη σειρά της Μαίρης Πόππινς. Το πρώτα περιγράφει μια μαγική νύχτα καλοκαιριού στο πάρκο. Το δεύτερο διηγείται την επιστροφή της δεσποινίδας Άντριου στην Οδό των Κερασιών. Η δεσποινίς Άντριου αποφασίζει να μείνει στο μέχρι τότε ακατοίκητο σπίτι του αριθμού 18 (δίπλα στον αριθμό 17 όπου κατοικεί η οικογένεια Μπανκς), αλλά φέρνει μαζί της και έναν... όμηρο, τον Λούτι. Φυσικά η Μαίρη Πόππινς και τα παιδιά δεν μπορούν ανεχτούν αυτή την κατάσταση και θα αναλάβουν δράση. Ένας πανέμορφος επίλογος για τη σειρά των βιβλίων της Π.Λ. Τράβερς που έγραψε την τελευταία ιστορία της διάσημης νταντάς στα 89 της χρόνια...
August 17, 2020
These final two atories confirm the Author's blend of subtle humor and magical touch!
I am going to miss Mary Poppins, despite her ceonceited self sufficiency, as well as the Banks Family and all of the other characters I have got used to...
Lovely!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 17 August 2020.
I am going to miss Mary Poppins, despite her ceonceited self sufficiency, as well as the Banks Family and all of the other characters I have got used to...
Lovely!
Maria Carmo,
Lisbon 17 August 2020.
July 24, 2018
i must admit i did not think this one was as good as the others so a little disappointed with it
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