Mary Poppins Opens the Door

by P.L. Travers and P.L. 

Book Overview

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,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0152017208
• ISBN13: 9780152017200
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7

Customer Reviews

*Mary Poppins* Is Back For Round 3!

The beloved nanny is back for the third time in MARY POPPINS OPENS THE DOOR. Getting shot out of the sky from a fire cracker, she returns to take the Banks children on more wonderful and magical adventures and to put Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane...right-side up. One difference in this book is that the other people on Cherry Tree Lane, like Mrs. Lark and Admiral Boom among others, also get taken on the magical stuff that happens when Mary Poppins is around. This is either a good or bad thing depending on your point of view but I always liked the mystery of did these things really happen or was it just Jane and Michael's imagination? Allowing others into these fantastic odysseys confirms that they really are happening. But the stories are still enchanting and this time Mary Poppins takes the Banks children, some of the neighborhood and the reader to the bottom of the sea; soaring high in the park on balloons; and flying through the air on candy cane horses. She also tells the children delightful stories and takes them to the "Crack," which is the time between the first chime of the bell at New Year's Eve and the last, where all the fairy tale characters come together in absolute harmony and fun. And the Banks children get to meet the "marble boy" a statue in the park that comes to life to play with them for a little while. That was a very touching story. I love the "Mary Poppins" books and the wonderful illustrations by Mary Shepard (and Agnes Sims for this book). Be sure to read the previous two books: Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Comes Back. Highly recommended! :-)

She's Baaack

This is the third book in the delightful Mary Poppins series. As the story opens it is Guy Fawkes Day and the Banks children are hoping to be able to celebrate in style but unfortunately their father is in a foul mood and their mother is struggling to manage the household. Nothing has gone right in the Banks house in a long time....not since Mary Poppins left. While at the park though she returns, floating down from the sky and suddenly Father is happier, Mother is able to manage the house and the children discover that they are having fun again as they, and their reader, gone on a series of magical adventures over the next few weeks. The reader of this series is transportated by these stories in more ways than one, besides the imaginative stories themselves the forward to this one with it's references to the British holiday of Guy Fawkes Day and it's wartime nonobservance make it clear from the beginning that these stories are about another place and time. The reading level of this volume is listed as 5th grade with an interest level from 8 to 12. Today schools typically assign much more sophisticated stories to 5th graders and Mary Poppins would definitely not be on the reading lists for the middle school set (11 and 12 year olds). More is the pity since this nonthreatening, lighthearted story is just the thing to convince a child that reading can be FUN!

funny and exciting

This is the third book in the Mary Poppins series. It's about all the adventures that the Banks children have with their nanny. In one adventure they go to the park and see a lady selling peppermint stick horses. They buy some and ride off into the sky! You never know what type of adventure Mary Poppins has in store for the kids!

Not the best,but still quite good.

This is (to my knowledge) the third Mary Poppins book. It would have been 5 stars,but Travers doesn't seem to think of any new plots,just twists on the same ones. Still, it has very good story lines. There is the usual relitive of Mary, an old woman selling some magic item in the park. The object makes the 5 children and Mary fly home after getting Mrs.Banks some supplies. There is thev outing at bedtime where Mary has gone out - andis a geust of honor along with Jane and Michael. This does not have a bad day, but it has Mary coming and going in unusual ways. Mary Poppins is a bit more strict than in the movie,but still enjoyable. P.L. Travers seems to haver written this as the last book, but there are more after this. Ther5e are five children, not two. You should read the books in the order they were written to get an idea about these books. This is in the top ten on my must-read list. It is fantastic!

an unforgetable book

Marry poppins brings me to a totally different and fantastic world that I can never imagine