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Caroline and her Friends by Pierre Probst - does anyone know these books?

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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Wed 04-Nov-09 09:35:54
Last week I have found an old book, which I remember from my childhood. Unfortunately the book is not binded and has missing first and last pages. So it took me some time to discover, who is the author and what is the name of the book. I have discovered It s a book of Caroline and her friends from 1963. It contents A camping holiday, The journey to the nort pole, A trip round Europe, At the ranch and Winter sports. It is quite mysterious how the book occured in my children’s library, without cover and not binded, because I was risen in communist Czechoslovakia and English books where not published or even imported. (And at that time I did not speak English and so did not understand it, but I loved it. )
Please may I ask someone to help me to restore the last – I think 6 pages? The book – the story named Winter sports -ends at the page 143 where I can see ½ of a picture – Caroline and her friends in the night, searching for Bobby. And at the previous page the story ends with the sentence: „ And since Bobby was so light, it carried him all the way down the mountain and in to the tiny village that nestled in the valley below.“ And that is all. Last pages are missing. Please, If you are also owner of that book, may I ask you to be so kind and copy for me the last pages and send them by e-mail? It would be nice, If I can bind the completed book and pass it to my three years old daughter.
On the other hand I know that nowdays nobody has enaugh time and I will understand if nobody has time for this.
Yours Sincerely

Veronika Jureckova, Czech Republic
veronika.mali(a)volny.cz
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 25-Jun-09 16:00:06
I remember them but I am French so they were around quite a bit when I was a kid (although they are more from my older sister's generation). There is a copy on amazon.com going for $999!
Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 25-Jun-09 13:18:34
Well how about that!
Someone else has seen a Caroline Book!!!
It is my most treasured book and I have had it all my life,it was my sisters before me and she is 48.
My children love it too and Im looking for another copy so they can both grow up with their own.I have a question though,I have Caroline and her Friends and the caramel coloured dog is called Chippy,is your copy the same?
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Add message | Report | Contact poster By Thu 27-Nov-08 22:23:03
Does anyone remember reading any of the Caroline and Her Friends books by Pierre Probst (a Frenchman who illustrated a lot of the Enid Blyton books) as a child? I had one (early 1970s)which was my favourite ever book and which is now sadly lost. One of my earliest memories is of my granny, who lived with us, reading it to me. The books are now out of print in this country but I have wanted to find "my" Caroline book for ages and none of the ususal suspects (ie my friends who also love books) have ever heard of these books. I have seen pictures of the various ones on the internet and you can still get them in France but it would be great to know if anyone else out there remembers them (and loved them)....
Many thanks.
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