![]() The first and final chapters of each book are about the amazing arrivals and departures of the magical governess at the middle-class Banks home in prewar London, where Mrs. There is no treacle here-no spoonful of sugar, no mugging, no songs, no movie stars. Mary’s line drawings have that sweet lilt of the head and lightness of motion that the jolly, grape-jelly musical film versions don’t capture at all. ![]() Shepard, who drew the Winnie-the-Pooh books and The Wind in the Willows. Mary Shepard, the illustrator, is the daughter of E. I, too, am on in years-three-quarters of a century from first reading, with insights and priorities that neither our culture nor I could have had as a child, during the war. They’re in decidedly used condition, and Opens the Door has no spine, but they’re hardcover, and the yellowing paper is firm to the touch. ![]() Mary Poppins Opens the Door was 1943, first printing. In my editions, Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Comes Back were in one volume, 1941, fourth printing. I spent Christmas 2018 on the sofa reading all three Mary Poppins books, which somehow had never been thrown away. ![]()
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