" This book shattered all my childhood wonderment with the character of Mary Poppins. When you're little, who doesn't want to be "practically perfect in every way?" I sure did. But now, having read this book, I'm amazed at how rude and horrible Mary Poppins was! She was never nice to the children. She barely cared about them. At least in the Disney movie version, kids had the soft smile of Julie Andrews that made Mary more likable but this book had none of that charm. I was really disappointed and crushed and I know I'm most likely being really dramatic about this, but I expected a delightful stroll down memory lane and instead I was assaulted with a vain nanny whose kids fawned over her like she was some kind of addictive candy. I hate growing up. "
— Emily, 1/15/2014