Mary Poppins in the kitchen: A cookery book with a story (A Voyager/HBJ book) [Paperback]

P. L Travers (Author), Maurice Moore-Betty (Author), Mary Shepard (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: A Voyager/HBJ book | Publication Date: 1978

Left for a week without parents or cook, the Banks children pitch in and learn to prepare their meals with Mary Poppins' help. Includes daily menus and recipes.

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About the 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 H. 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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Product Details

• Paperback: 121 pages
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; 1st Voyager/HBJ ed edition (1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0156576880
• ISBN-13: 978-0156576888
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 6 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,208,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Supernanny recipes, December 12, 2006

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Gwynne C. Spencer (Mancos, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Poppins in the Kitchen: A Cookery Book with a Story (Hardcover)

Everything for kids to cook from Apple Brown Betty to Zodiac Cake. In between you'll find Beff Patties, Bread and Butter Pudding, Cherry Pie, Date Bread, Dressing for Salads, Easter Cake, Fruit Salad, Gingerbread Stars, Honey and Bananas, Irish Stew, Jam Tarts, Kale (Cabbage) Kings Cake, Lanchashire Hot Pot, Lemon Souffle, Meringues, Nut Loaf, Oatmeal Cookies, Potatoes, Queen of Puddings, Roast Chicken and Bread Sauce, Shepherd's Pie, Trout, Upside Down Cake, Very Plain Cake, Walnut Cake, XXX Candy Kisses, and Yorkshire Pudding. A cute little cookbook for kids ten to fourteen or even younger ones who love Mary Poppins and things British.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A wisp of a story with recipes, November 4, 2006

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Mark Newbold (Pittsburg, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Poppins in the Kitchen: A Cookery Book with a Story (Hardcover)

This is a perfect beginners cookbook/gift for a child that's a major Mary Poppins fan, otherwise there are many other children's cookbooks that would serve this purpose better. The recipes are decent, a bit too British for most American kids tastes however. That is an issue with the audience and not the book obviously.
For collectors of P.L. Travers writings you will want this, it is but a pale shadow of the series. But any work by Travers is a quirky cause for fun, enjoy it for what it is.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kids will love this one, November 9, 2008

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Elizabeth Clare Johnson "Mystic" (Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mary Poppins in the Kitchen: A Cookery Book with a Story (Hardcover)

This has recipes along with the usual adorable illustrations, and little
stories to keep up the interest of the children. Another Mary Poppins hit!