Widower Cedric Brown hires Nanny McPhee to care for his seven rambunctious children, who have chased away all previous nannies. Taunted by Simon and his siblings, Nanny McPhee uses mystical powers to instill discipline. And when the children's great-aunt and benefactor, Lady Adelaide Stitch, threatens to separate the kids, the family pulls together under the guidance of Nanny McPhee.
Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny discovers that the children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in. Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant, Nanny uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.
Pisateljica Karen se ne zaveda, da glavni junak njenega najnovejšega romana obstaja tudi v resnici. Harold, ki je do sedaj živel precej dolgočasno življenje, v svoji glavi zasliši pisateljičin glas in njeno zgodbo, ki je pravzaprav tudi zgodba njegovega življenja. Prestrašen uvidi, da namerava Karen njegov lik ubiti, zato pomoč poišče pri slavnem literatu, da bi skupaj našla vzrok za nenavadno dogajanje in preprečila prehitro smrt. Domišljijo in realnost bo prepletal Marc Forster, režiser filmov V iskanju dežele Nije in Bal smrti.