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A review by veronikahvee
Mary Poppins: The Complete Collection by P.L. Travers
4.0
Mary Poppins... Now how do I begin to talk about Mary Poppins?
It's a wonderful book and a perfect children's classic that everyone should read.
(I heard her hair is insured for 10000£)
The first moment I saw this BEAUTIFUL edition of Mary Poppins I knew I had to have it. I hadn't read Mary Poppins yet tho, but it was a perfect opportunity. After a few trips to the bookstore and stealing glances from it, this last Monday I finally bought it and started reading it right away.
Mary Poppins is certainly more vain and less smiley than Julie Andrews' Mary, but that doesn't make her any less of an interesting character. It's pretty obvious to the reader she's like that only as an act and that she cares very much for the kids in her care. Tho, her vanity is no act, she's so pretty she almost kisses herself (betcha modern day Mary P would LOOOOVE "Uptown Funk").
The writing is your typical children's classic writing: easy, smooth and with a kind of fantasy you only find in children's classics (shame about that). I love the whole storytelling-tone of it, I'm a sucker for books written with that tone, they're the best. As soon as I started reading Mary Poppins a smile crept up to my face "Yes, this is my jam!".
The only sucky part? Not having the rest of MP's books cuz I wanna read more of her!!
PS: The illustrations are wonderful as well, they're by a Portuguese artist and they're just super lovely ok?
It's a wonderful book and a perfect children's classic that everyone should read.
(I heard her hair is insured for 10000£)
The first moment I saw this BEAUTIFUL edition of Mary Poppins I knew I had to have it. I hadn't read Mary Poppins yet tho, but it was a perfect opportunity. After a few trips to the bookstore and stealing glances from it, this last Monday I finally bought it and started reading it right away.
Mary Poppins is certainly more vain and less smiley than Julie Andrews' Mary, but that doesn't make her any less of an interesting character. It's pretty obvious to the reader she's like that only as an act and that she cares very much for the kids in her care. Tho, her vanity is no act, she's so pretty she almost kisses herself (betcha modern day Mary P would LOOOOVE "Uptown Funk").
The writing is your typical children's classic writing: easy, smooth and with a kind of fantasy you only find in children's classics (shame about that). I love the whole storytelling-tone of it, I'm a sucker for books written with that tone, they're the best. As soon as I started reading Mary Poppins a smile crept up to my face "Yes, this is my jam!".
The only sucky part? Not having the rest of MP's books cuz I wanna read more of her!!
PS: The illustrations are wonderful as well, they're by a Portuguese artist and they're just super lovely ok?