Who can slide "up" banisters and turn a make-believe sidewalk drawing into a lovely city park? Mary Poppins, of course! With the smash-hit London musical adaptation of "Mary Poppins" coming to Broadway in November 2006, this is the time for everyone's favorite nanny to find a place in the hearts of the next generation of fans--and the ideal moment for this boxed set. About the Author : P L Travers has contributed to Mary Poppins Boxed Set as an author. P. L.
TRAVERS (1899-1996) was a drama critic, travel essayist, reviewer, lecturer, and the creator of Mary Poppins. Ms.
Travers wrote several other books for adults and children, but it is for the character of Mary Poppins that she is best remembered. MARY SHEPARD (1910-2000) was the daughter of Ernest Shepard, illustrator of the Winnie the Pooh books and The Wind in the Willows.
She illustrated P. L.
Travers's Mary Poppins books for more than fifty years
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