By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the major motion picture, Saving Mr.
Banks. From the moment Mary Poppins arrives at Number Seventeen Cherry-Tree
Lane, everyday life at the Banks house is forever changed.
It all starts when Mary Poppins is blown by the east wind onto the doorstep of
the Banks house. She becomes a most unusual nanny to Jane, Michael, and the
twins. Who else but Mary Poppins can slide up banisters, pull an entire armchair
out of an empty carpetbag, and make a dose of medicine taste like delicious
lime-juice cordial? A day with Mary Poppins is a day of magic and make-believe
come