Nanny Mcphee: The Collected Tales Of Nurse Matilda

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At the start of the book there is a note to say you could just skip through and read all of the story or all of the diaries if you wanted to, and some younger children might prefer to do it that way rather than be confused by the jumps from one to another. This book is so much more than a movie tie-in designed to squeeze as much money as possible out of a children’s movie. Nanny McPhee embarks on a brand new adventure in this brilliant, funny and captivating novel based on the new Nanny McPhee film due for release 26 March. This book is delightful and charming, and as someone who saw the movie first, I was not disappointed.

This is a book with a difference however, as interspersed between the story are Emma's film diaries from the set of the Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang film. I can see why it led to a fun-filled movie, but each of the tales within the book seemed more of the same.

The Brown children never seem to learn to behave; they just bide their time until she’s out of sight and earshot.

It serves the story well actually, as I think had it been simply the Nanny McPhee story alone then the book might have seemed a bit lacking and not so special. She was nominated three times for Edgar Awards: for the short stories "Poison in the Cup" (EQMM, Feb. The critical consensus reads, "A bit alarming at first, Nanny McPhee has a hard edge to counter Mary Poppins-style sweetness, but it still charms us and teaches some valuable lessons. Edward Ardizzone wrote and illustrated about twenty books for children and edited and illustrated two volumes of classic fairy tales over the course of his fifty-year career. Cedric swiftly understands his children do not like the bride and, recognizing that she is not right for him or his children, joins in the commotion himself.Emma Thompson had an amazing make-over to play this part, and she wrote some additional stories as well (SO talented! In the end the children become good and decent, and Nurse Matilda leaves to attend another family of naughty children.