Most people won't automatically recognize the name of Australian author Pamela Travers, although they will know the name of her most famous creation, Mary Poppins. This fantasy, about a nanny with magical powers, became one of the great publishing successes of the twentieth century when in 1964 Walt Disney turned Pamela's books into the film that we all know and love. With young British actress Julie Andrews cast in the lead role the film went on to gross more than $100 million at the box office. The children's classic contains several songs that became popular standards, and introduced the term "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" to English vocabulary.