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Mary Poppins Opens the Door (Mary Poppins #3)
From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed. This classic series tells the story of the world's most beloved nanny, who brings enchantment and excitement with her everywhere she goes. Featuring the charming original cover art by Mary Shepard, these new editions are sure to delight readers of...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
June 1st 2006
by Harcourt Children's Books
(first published 1943)
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I literally grew up reading the original Mary Poppins works by PL Travers, and this, the third volume in the PL Travers series that began in the 1930s or so, is perhaps my favorite. It opens on a bleak and gray Guy Fawkes Day in London, and the Banks household is, as usual when Mary Poppins is absent, in an uproar. The children have been saving their Gay Fawkes skyrockets all year, and go to the Park to shoot them off, when who should appear on the blue spark of what seem to be a dud firecracker...more
This is more of the same. It's a series of random, unconnected adventures concerning the toxic, rude, abusive Mary Poppins and her charming, thankfully resilient young charges. I kind of thought (hoped?) that this book would be comprised of, basically, Mary Poppins literally opening a door, and that would be it, but there was a little more to it than that.
This one starts with a random historical discussion on Guy Fawkes Day, leading to the return of Mary Poppins via firework in the Park. From th...more
This one starts with a random historical discussion on Guy Fawkes Day, leading to the return of Mary Poppins via firework in the Park. From th...more
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About Mary Poppins: Mary Popping Opens the Door is the second part of Mary Poppins. I never even knew there were any other Mary Poppin's books besides the first one, before I found it on the shelf at the library. I had only seen the movie Mary Poppins, and not read any of the books yet. In this book, Mary Poppins returns (coming down from the sky again) and "saves the day" for the 5 children and their parents who didn't know what to do after Mary Poppins left unexpectedly the first time. Mary Po...more
This is the third book in the Mary Poppins series. This time, Mary Poppins comes down from a firework, and immediately restores order to the Banks children. Mary Opens the Door is written in much the same style as the first two, but I wouldn't say it was as good. P.L. Travers seems to have run out of ideas a bit. It's basically the same formula, and it can get kind of old. That's not to say that this one is bad, but rather, it's not as amusing and fun to reread. Once again, the children and Mary...more
I had never before read Mary Poppins in English [although it was one of my favorites, read and re-read, in Russian when I was a kid] and I was not prepared for how funny these books are. The language is fantastic.
Now, Mary Poppins Opens the Door is one of the later books in the series and P.L. Travers seems a little bit tired of coming up with different stories [the last two chapters are almost identical] but this installment does contain my favorite stories about the Cat Who Looked At the King...more
Now, Mary Poppins Opens the Door is one of the later books in the series and P.L. Travers seems a little bit tired of coming up with different stories [the last two chapters are almost identical] but this installment does contain my favorite stories about the Cat Who Looked At the King...more
There is not a lot to say really. This is the third Mary Poppins book the world seems to have forgotten about. It was another nice little adventure and the children are a little older and still as unwise and unruly. The house has fallen into disarray the minute Mary Poppins left the first time.
The adventures are new and exciting and pretty enjoyable to read. Always new with anew Mary Poppins' relative or collection of magic folk who know all about her. Each story is so different that there can n...more
The adventures are new and exciting and pretty enjoyable to read. Always new with anew Mary Poppins' relative or collection of magic folk who know all about her. Each story is so different that there can n...more
Even though I'm no longer surprised at where Mary Poppins will take us next, the adventures are still fresh and so worthwhile. Jane and Michael KNOW they are so lucky to have this nanny pop into their life, and they know how tragic it is when it is time for her to go.
My only complaint is that the chapters in this one stretched a little too long, I thought. Within one of my favorites we find the actual moment when we here "close your mouth please Michael. We are not a codfish." And how can you he...more
My only complaint is that the chapters in this one stretched a little too long, I thought. Within one of my favorites we find the actual moment when we here "close your mouth please Michael. We are not a codfish." And how can you he...more
Life without Mary Poppins has taken its toll on the Banks family, especially the children, and when she returns (in her usual spectacular fashion) and measures her charges with her unique tape-measure,she finds their temperaments have sadly deteriorated.
Once under her magical influence, all is well, and together they undertake visits which become extraordinary, filled with marvelous meetings and attractions. But sadly, she ultimately leaves again, in typically mysterious circumstances.
As usual,...more
Once under her magical influence, all is well, and together they undertake visits which become extraordinary, filled with marvelous meetings and attractions. But sadly, she ultimately leaves again, in typically mysterious circumstances.
As usual,...more
Trying to make a connection b/t Sara Palin and Mary Poppins, b/c she's a bit scarier than Julie Andrews made her out to be. Perhaps Tina Fey makes Sara seem less scary and more funny....but I'm not sure....will continue to contemplate. Good to read before we catch the play w/ family and friends, I've at least got context. Think Audrey enjoyed it! Spit Spot!
This is the book that I read as a child that I have been wanting to reread for forever. After "popping" back in on fireworks, Mary and the Banks children are off again on more wonderful, magical and amazing adventures. From tirling on music boxes with Mr. Twigley to an undersea adventure that must have been the inspiration for the one in Bedknobs and Brooksticks. My favorite story of all the Mary Poppins is in this book. On New years Eve, between the first stroke of midnight and the last, toys a...more
Slightly bittersweet, as it's made clear in this book that Mary Poppins isn't coming back. (Well, we know that now, seventy-five years later; readers at the time wouldn't have known. Also the prefatory reference to Guy Fawkes fireworks being canceled during the war.)
Mary Poppins has come back- again! She takes the family on big adventures, but just remember "I'll stay 'till the door opens." "Oh no, Mary Poppins not the nursery door, for it is always open!" "I meant the other door."
The real Mary Poppins is enchanting and fascinating, taking her charges on fabulous adventures, not singing and smiling sweetly with cartoons and silly people!
I like this book so far. it's kind of confusing for me though. But for people who has read Alice in Wonderland, nothings confusing to them.
Story is getting repetitive. She never agrees that the adventures happen. Make Jane and Michael look like they're lying and she's always leaving
Read aloud to my 5 and 7 year olds. The chapters are incredibly long and we all got tired of the book half way through.
When you not like something, when you're sad, or just do not know what to say, you remember the longest word in the world...
Mary Poppins is an outstanding read-aloud book. Each chapter is such a creative adventure, it's perfect pre-bed fare.
Another fun Mary Poppins adventure. This book beins with everyone feeling depressed and completely missing Mary, when by some miracle, she reappears and sets all at right again. Jane and Michael are once again taken on many wonderful adventures, including a trip under the see, and afternoon with a statue of a boy that comes to life, etc, etc. And although Mary has to leave again, they will never forget the fun they had and all she taught them.
I read this with my daughter, and it was just as deli...more
I read this with my daughter, and it was just as deli...more
Cute little book. I'm happy that I continued reading the series even as an adult. Nearly as entertaining now as it was when I was a kid.
Pay no attention to the Disney version. there is no one like Mary Poppins.
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Another great book in the Marry Poppins series with even more great adventures.
If only we could all have a Mary Poppins to sort things out for us in life. A little slice of childhood innocence!
Without a doubt my #1 favorite series as a child!
Bis jetzt macht es riesigen Spaß!
Easiest read ever, but incredibly inspiring. Love.
A great series of adventures, with some especially wonderful ones towards the end of the book. As good, or even better, than the first Mary Poppins book!
Fiction,Children's fiction
cute stories, I wish I had a nanny like that when I was a child. (: Can't wait to read the next book.
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Pamela 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 w...more
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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 w...more
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