Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins is one of film's most loved characters. She is one of my favourite and I've watched the movie over and over again so many times since I was a child. It's a magical movie and Julie Andrews is just the perfect Mary Poppins.

I decided, after watching Saving Mr Banks, to buy the books. I got the whole set for around $20 and it's sat on my bookshelf for years. But since watching the trailer for the new Mary Poppins Returns movie coming out this year, I wanted to get stuck into it.

The first book, Mary Poppins is great! It was just as magical as I hoped it would be. PL Travers sets up a very unique personality for Mary Poppins and I loved her. I read every line in Julie Andrews voice.

One thing I noticed about this book though was, that it ended quite suddenly. One minute Jane and Michael were on an adventure with Mary Poppins and the next it had skipped to a couple of months ahead and she was leaving. However, it was a perfect ending.

Jane and Michael though, in the book were little brats. Especially Michael. It annoyed me how bratty PL Travers made him out to be. I think they cut that from the movie to make him a more likeable character. Mary Poppins though was quote arrogant herself but I love her so that's okay.

Most of the adventures they went on were missed from the movie so it was actually a nice surprise to read some of them, however bizarre and unrealistic.

All in all, this book was great and it will be added to the “reading to my children in the future” list.