If you loved how Mary Poppins whisks Jane and Michael into Bert’s chalk pavement pictures or up to Uncle Albert’s ceiling for a laughing-tea, you’ll feel right at home in The Enchanted Castle. Nesbit’s children stumble on a ring that turns invisible and wakes statues—magic that’s delightful, cheeky, and just unruly enough to cause scrapes without real danger. It captures that same brisk, briskly-bewitching mood Mary brings to Cherry Tree Lane.

Like the way Mary Poppins unfolds in tidy, self-contained visits—the star-pasting with Mrs. Corry, the night at the zoo, the compass trip—Winnie-the-Pooh offers perfectly shaped chapters where small adventures blossom into charm. If you enjoyed dropping in on the Banks family for one magical happening at a time, you’ll adore hopping from Pooh’s honey quest to Eeyore’s birthday to an Expotition to the North Pole.

If the comforting rhythm of Cherry Tree Lane—where Mary Poppins arrives on the East Wind, tidies chaos, and restores order—made you smile, The Wind in the Willows brings that same cozy exhale. Mole, Rat, and Badger shepherd the wayward Toad much as Mary steadies the Banks children—firmly, fondly, and with witty asides—leading to fireside songs, river picnics, and gentle adventures that end back home where the kettle’s on.

If stepping through a chalk picture or pasting gingerbread stars in the sky thrilled you with that sudden widening of the world, The Phantom Tollbooth delivers nonstop wonder. Milo drives through a toy tollbooth into Dictionopolis and Digitopolis, debates with the Whether Man, and rescues Rhyme and Reason—each stop an imaginative leap that feels like Mary Poppins saying, “Spit-spot,” and opening a door to someplace impossible.

If Mary’s tart one-liners and unflappable calm—correcting the children mid-flight or pouring tea while everyone floats—make you grin, Finn Family Moomintroll has that same deadpan delight. Moomintroll, Snufkin, and the Hemulen accept magical hat-tricks, Hattifatteners, and midsummer oddities with Mary-like poise, creating comedy from the matter-of-fact handling of the fantastical.