Mary Poppins & Saving Mr. Banks
Walt Disney personally invested a good deal of time and effort in persuading the highly reluctant Mrs Travers to allow him to make her plainly illustrated book into a major Technicolor film
Walt Disney personally invested a good deal of time and effort in persuading the highly reluctant Mrs Travers to allow him to make her plainly illustrated book into a major Technicolor film
This book is packed with light bulb delights as we wade through the potentials and pitfalls of the English language at its finest.
The story is told of how the good people of Guernsey lived and survived while under German occupation.
This book deals entirely with the actions and reactions of those who grew up under the shadow of being a child of the defeated and, by some, the despised.
All in all, this book is a grand night in. Pour the wine, open the chocolates and enjoy.
Resisting a quick flip to the back of the book to check her fate was my biggest triumph last week; it would have been on a par with stealing a slice of dessert three hours before dinner.