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Books like Mary Poppins comes back
A brisk, unsentimental breeze of everyday magic that restores order to chaos before slipping away as mysteriously as it arrived. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Mary Poppins comes back.
- cozy
- surreal
- wondrous
- nostalgic
- 01
The Borrowers afield
Mary Norton
A classic, earthy adventure that shrinks the reader down to experience the vast, daunting wonders of the English countryside.
- 02
Come Back, Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish · 1971
A delightfully silly romp through the English language where every idiom is taken literally and every mistake is fixed with a good dessert.
- 03
Paddington Abroad (Paddington)
Michael Bond · 2003
A delightfully chaotic and deeply comforting romp through a vacation where everything goes wrong in the most polite and endearing way possible.
- 04
The Lost Princess of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum · 1917
A gentle, episodic quest through a surreal landscape where loyalty, cleverness, and friendship are the greatest magic of all.
- 05
Paddington at work
Michael Bond
A delightfully chaotic yet deeply comforting romp through the adult world, guided by a well-meaning and literal-minded friend.
- 06
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
Roald Dahl
A chaotic, gravity-defying joyride through space and time where logic is left firmly on the ground.
- 07
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, the magical car
Ian Fleming · 1964
A delightfully inventive romp that turns a family road trip into a high-flying, gadget-filled adventure.
- 08
My neighbor Totoro
Hayao Miyazaki
A sun-drenched, gentle exploration of childhood wonder and the quiet magic hiding in the woods behind your house.
- 09
Peter Pan and Wendy
James Matthew Barrie
A whimsical, bittersweet flight into the heart of childhood's ruthless magic and the inevitable tragedy of growing up.
- 10
Peter Pan (1993)
Walt Disney Productions
A sprinkle of pixie dust that transforms a quiet bedtime into a soaring, swashbuckling adventure.
- 11
Madeline in London
Ludwig Bemelmans · 1961
A bustling, rhyming romp across the pond filled with gentle mischief and the warmth of reunited friends.
- 12
Walt Disney's Peter Pan
Eugene Bradley Coco
A sprinkle of pixie dust and a soaring flight into a world where bedtime is banished and adventure rules.
