"Mary Poppins teachers her irrepressible young charges the basics of the kitchen"--Front jacket flap.

By P.L. Travers, the author featured in the major motion picture, Saving Mr. Banks. Who can slide up banisters, banish naughtiness with a swift "Spit-spot," and turn a make-believe sidewalk drawing into a lovely day in the park? Mary Poppins, of course! This omnibus edition combines the two Mary Poppins classics, Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Comes Back, that inspired both the 1964 movie and the Broadway musical. With the original, iconic illustrations...

"Mary Poppins, who never explains anything, comes back on the end of a kite string, stays for a while with the Banks family on Cherry Tree Lane, and then disappears on a merry-go-round horse named Caramel." Wis.bul.

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family in a rocket and involves the Banks children in more magical adventures including those with Peppermint Horses, the Marble Boy, and the Cat that Looked at the King.