Order of P.L. Travers Books
P.L. Travers (1899-1996) was an Australian-English author of children’s books. She is best known for creating Mary Poppins. Travers began getting her poems published as a teenager in multiple publications. At the same time, she was also making a name for herself as an actress. After touring Australia and New Zealand, she left Australia for England in 1924. It would be after settling in England that she would begin writing Mary Poppins stories. Travers’ story was made into the movie Saving Mr. Banks, where she was portrayed by Emma Thompson (opposite Tom Hanks as Walt Disney).
P.L. Travers became a published novelist in 1934 with the novel Mary Poppins. Below is a list of P.L. Travers’ books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Mary Poppins Books
| Mary Poppins | (1934) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mary Poppins Comes Back | (1935) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mary Poppins Opens the Door | (1943) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mary Poppins in the Park | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gingerbread Shop | (1952) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mary Poppins from A to Z | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mr. Wigg's Birthday Party | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mary Poppins in the Kitchen | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mary Poppins and the House Next Door | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| I Go by Sea, I Go by Land | (1941) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fox at the Manger | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Friend Monkey | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| About the Sleeping Beauty | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Two Pairs of Shoes | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Aunt Sass: Christmas Stories | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| What the Bee Knows: Reflections on Myth, Symbol and Story | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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P.L. Travers Synopses: About the Sleeping Beauty by P.L. Travers contains five different versions of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale, plus P.L. Travers’ own interpretation as well as an essay on Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales.
Two Pairs of Shoes by P.L. Travers contains two re-tellings of Middle Eastern folk tales about how the shoes are a look into the character of their owner.
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