Mary Poppins Comes Back, by P.L. Travers
The teaser trailer for the new film based on the Mary Poppins books by P.L. Travers was released to coincideContinue Reading
Project Type: Reviews of Children’s Literature
The Long Winter, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
One morning in March, with snow swirling and dropping like a thick veil onto ground that is already piled highContinue Reading
Classic children’s literature
Even if you are not an academic or a teacher, read to your child. If you can’t afford books, take them to a public library. If you read, so will they. Give them that gift. They will thank you for it later.
The Return of the Young Prince, by A.G. Roemmers
A.G. Roemmers had “held on to the spirit of his inner child, and when he met his Little Prince in Argentina, he wanted to relate that to us with this story, and draw our attention to its essence, to the poetry of it.” – Frédéric d’Agay
Mary Poppins, by P.L. Travers
With its romanticized view of a middle-class family in 1910 London, UK, “Mary Poppins” is classic Christmas movie and TV fodder. But, there has always been a largely unacknowledged darker side to P.L. Travers’ series of children’s books about “Mary Poppins” – they all feature a missing, or withholding, parent or caregiver.
SEVEN CIRCUMSTANCES 