(3) K-3 Adapted by Amy Novesky. Illustrated by Genevieve Godbout. This picture book adaptation, more Disney than Travers, stands on its own as the Banks children enjoy dreamlike adventures with a very special nanny. They float through the air with Mary's uncle, watch the Corry family putting stars in the sky, and meet zoo animals that speak at night. Soft pastel and colored-pencil drawings have an ethereal quality that heightens the magic.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(3) 4-6 Illustrated by Mary Shepard. With a graceful introduction by Gregory Maguire about his meeting with Travers in the 1990s, this omnibus edition contains Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, and Mary Poppins in the Park, all illustrated with Mary Shepard's original drawings. An excerpt from Travers's "On Not Writing for Children" is appended to the hefty but manageable volume.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Mary Shepard. This reissue features Mary Poppins characters in a series of twenty-six vignettes. Each is a self-contained episode and highlights words starting with a particular letter: "T is for Topsy-Turvy...Mr. Banks Tears Through The house like a Tempest. 'Why is my Tobacco Tin Topped-up with Toffee?...' No one can Tell him." And so it goes, with the proceedings enlivened by Shepard's illustrations.

Reviewer: Terri Schmitz

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Mary Shepard. The first half of the book tells how Mary Poppins and her friends help the children do the cooking for a week while their parents are away; the second half contains recipes. Ardent Mary Poppins fans will enjoy the story and its veddy British recipes (jam tarts, shepherd's pie, Yorkshire pudding, etc.), though traditionalists may be opposed to the colorized illustrations. Ind.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander

(2) 4-6 Newly designed, and still containing the original artwork, these four books from the beloved series are now available as "Harcourt Brace Young Classics" hardcover editions and "Odyssey Classics" paperback editions. Reviews 1/35, 12/52, 1/44.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(2) 4-6 Newly designed, and still containing the original artwork, these four books from the beloved series are now available as "Harcourt Brace Young Classics" hardcover editions and "Odyssey Classics" paperback editions. Reviews 1/35, 12/52, 1/44.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(2) 4-6 Newly designed, and still containing the original artwork, these four books from the beloved series are now available as "Harcourt Brace Young Classics" hardcover editions and "Odyssey Classics" paperback editions. Reviews 1/35, 12/52, 1/44.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.

(2) 4-6 Newly designed, and still containing the original artwork, these four books from the beloved series are now available as "Harcourt Brace Young Classics" hardcover editions and "Odyssey Classics" paperback editions. Reviews 1/35, 12/52, 1/44.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.