This is not a tragedy it is business, business from which both parties made quite a bit of money.Īt any rate, I strongly recommend the book. Travers was neither the first nor the last writer to be unhappy with the movie that was made from her book. The truth is they were both hard-nosed, difficult people, and Ms. Some people seem to be shocked and horrified that a Disney movie about Disney making a movie didn't portray Disney as an overpowering, bullying monster without any redeeming characteristics, and that P.L Travers wasn't portrayed as a sweet, naive older English lady cruelly used by Disney. The dread "animated sequences," however, are not. Banks being overly-involved in suffragette activities, is of course entirely Disney. Banks being a cold father (rather than merely a Victorian father) and Mrs. I think those who have never read the book and are judging by Travers' known unhappiness with the movie, will be startled to see how similar the basic events of the story and the movie are. It's a charming story, and well worth reading whether you are in the intended age group, or long removed from that.
She is brusque and high-handed, and promises only that she will stay until the wind changes, but magical things happen all around her. Mary Poppins arrives, apparently on the East Wind, at 17 Cherry Tree Lane, London, when the Banks family is in dire need of a new nanny, Katie Nanna having quit and departed quite abruptly. Recently it has gotten a flurry of new attention due to the new Disney movie about making the Mary Poppins movie, Saving Mr.
This is a story most of us know, whether from the book or from the 1964 Disney movie. Neither can the reader, and that is one of the hallmarks of good fantasy.” - The New York Times Read more “When Mary Poppins is about, her young charges can never tell where the real world merges into make-believe. Travers about the writing of Mary Poppins, this collection lets you travel with Mary on the east wind to Cherry Tree Lane in these stories that inspired films, a stage show, and young imaginations the world over. Travers, illustrated by Mary Shepard: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, and Mary Poppins in the Park.Īlso including a foreword by Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked, who explores the significant differences between the book and movie versions, and an essay by P. L. This collection includes the first four tales by P. L. Since the 1934 publication of Mary Poppins, stories of this magical nanny have delighted children and adults for generations.
The first four books featuring the world’s most beloved nanny, plus delightful bonus features!
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