Mary Shepard Kenneth Grahame. Shepard graduated from the Slade School of Art. She was 23 when her father was too busy to illustrate "Mary Poppins" and Travers discovered her work on a Christmas card. She married E. V. Knox, father of Penelope Fitzgerald. Mary Shepard Mary Eleanor Jessie Knox née Shepard (25 December 1909 – 4 September 2000) was an English illustrator of children's books. She is best known for the "Mary Poppins" stories written by P. L. Travers (1934 to 1988): "Mary Shepard: Putting Mary Poppins in the picture", "The Times" of London titled an obituary article. She used her married
Mary Poppins to cats on a different planet, and a Halloween dance party with their shadows. Twenty-six vignettes (one for each letter of the alphabet) weave unexpected tales of Mary Poppins, the Banks children, and other characters from Travers's previous novels. Each vignette is filled with fun and unusual words that start with the featured letter. Mary Poppins comes to the rescue when the Banks's family cook goes on an unexpected leave, teaching the young Banks children the basics of cooking in the process. The book includes recipes. Mary Poppins takes the Banks children on yet another memorable adventure, this time on