About the book: 2012 / Here are eight books about the famous Mary Poppins. They were written in different years and under different circumstances, but in all these books the heroine remains true to herself: she calmly rides up the railing, visits her eccentric relatives, admires her own reflection in shop windows and never explains anything. In vain Jane and Michael try again and again to extort her secrets from the magical nanny. Who is she, where is she from, where is her home? Perhaps only one person can compare with Mary Poppins in the ability to keep secrets - Pamela Lyndon Travers.