Look what's NOT back in print...

There are loads of Malcolm Saville books in my parents' house if DB1 hasn't pinched them I loved those books.

The first One End St book can be ordered from all good book sellers, the sequels will need to be ordered from Amazon Marketplace or Abe, and will set you back about a tenner incl postage.

I have a box full of Noel streatfield, drina and chalet school books. Probably Jill ones and all the Enid blyton ones as well.

I also loved Tottie by rumer godden - can't remember the story though. . Also another one by her called Greengage summer - probably for slightly older readers. I loved that book as a teenage.

Also loved Gobbolino; the witch's cat - guess that is out if print too? I have a copy though.

I didn't think anyone else had every read One End Street, though I'm told it was groundbreaking in having a very working class family as the main characters.

Girls Gone By are worth checking for many out of print books. They are run by an utterly lovely couple of ladies, and print runs are short as they can't afford to take risks on remainders. I am very obliged to them for many books

The 'one end street' book is actually 'The Family from One End Street' and available from Amazon (if I'm allowed to mention that in front of Nickel) Much better to get it from a proper bookseller if you can, of course...

There was also 'Further Adventures of the Family from One End Street' and 'Holiday at the Dew Drop Inn'. The children were Lily Rose, Kate, Jo, James and John (the twins) Margaret Rose (Peg) and William, the baby.

This thread is making me so nostalgic- how about the Malcolm Savile books- detective stories about the Lone Pine Club. My mum struggled to find them for me as they were out of print mostly when I was young, but she'd lived them as a child. The couple we did have were great

My mum threw all my Drina Ballerina books away while I was at university and some of them now sell for a lot on ebay. I don't know why they are out of print but Dacey Bussell has now written a new series.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions for boys' books, I will definitely look into these - I have a sister and grew up reading girly books, so being a laydee I have no idea what boys would like

I had completely forgotten about The Growing Summer by Noel Streatfield - off to hunt down a copy now as I know DD would love it - have just read her the whole of the Gemma series and The Painted Garden but surprisingly not Ballet Shoes yet. I'm determined to brainwash encourage her to enjoy the books I loved as a kid, we're on The Ghost of Thomas Kempe at the moment which she was worried was going to be scary but seems to be reluctantly enjoying! She's 10 now though and I don't think there will be enough years of me reading to her left to get in all my old favourites :(

I was asking for a particular book in Waterstones the other day and got chatting to the assistant, she was very knowledgeable, turned out she is studying English Lit and writing her dissertation on children's literature. I was both impressed and although when I was at art school I based my final major project on children's book illustration which is almost as good!

Jusfloatingby - your description rings lots of bells, but I can't think what the book was. I really must go and raid stare at some bookshelves in my parents' house...

Suburban - Alex Scarrows Timeriders series is good. My 10-yr-old DD who likes boy books also loves the Percy Jackson books and The Hunger Games trilogy. Also Frozen in Time by Ali Sparkes. She's reading The Falcon's Malteser by Antony Horowitz at the moment - not all of his books are suitable for 10 year olds but this series - The Diamond Brothers - is.

I don't think it was that one Dianna, but it sounds like a lovely book.

therre are loads of Rumer Godden back in print, if it that one Dianna
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very good impresssion Dilys

i agree, suburban
there are millions of Terry Pratchetts if he wants to continue down that line (without having to go discworld adults) - Johnny Maxwell series (Johnny andthe Bomb, Johnny andthe Dead, Only you can save Mankind); the Bromeliad trilogy (Truckers, Diggers, Wings); Dodger (which is the new one)

or Philip Reeve, whose Mortal Engines series has been reprinted recently - Mortal Engines, Predator's Gold, ?Infernal Devices, A Darkling Plain.

They've also reprinted all of the Willard Price Adventure books - they're really good :)

Does anyone remember a book/series about dolls that lived in a dolls' house. There was a very snooty doll called something like Anastasia. Can't really remember much else but I know I loved it/them as a child.

I think that might be Tottie, The Story Of A Dollshouse by Rumer Godden. Lovely, lovely story.

This thread is making me wish I had a DD to pass on all my favourite books to. Am looking forward to DS enjoying Roald Dahl and the Narnia books but don't think he'll be too fussed about the likes of Malory Towers!

Have you tried Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson series)? Or Charlie Higsons Young Bond is meant to be better than average teen spy tosh.

nickeldaisical - can you recommend anything for 10 year old boys? My son is a good reader but doesn't really enjoy reading IYSWIM, I find it hard to find books that will interest him and I personally can't bear all the beastquest/teenage spy type books. He's reading Terry Pratchett's Amazing Maurice and his marvellous rodents (or whatever it's called) at the moment and is enjoying that one.

Biscuit - I can't type.

Charlotte Sometimes is available - I've got that here.

I've also got most of the Noel Streatfeild ones here - Theatre Shoes (Curtain Up), Circus Shoes, White Boots, Ballet Shoes, Ballet Shoes for Anna, Party Shoes (Frock)
you can also get Tea By The Nursery Fire, Tennis Shoes,Saplings are all in print again, and a lot of others are going to follow, I'm sure.
the Shoes titles are the American titles.

Once there were Giants is "reprint pending" right now.

Ursula Moray Williams - currently just Bogwoppit and Gobbolino back in print, but I'm sure, again, others will follow.

Choose your own adventures were published by a publisher that's no longer around, and no, they're all out of print too.
but there are similar books coming out gradually.

Ah, cross-posts!

Noel Streatfeild was a woman, by the way.

Whatamess is out of print?!

Discovered that Phoebe and the Hot Water Bottles is out of print when a Mnetter PM'd me (because I mentioned it on a thread) asking if I'd scan in one of the pages of my copy, because her copy was missing a page and it now costs £120!!!

However, in better news, the BBC has recently released a CD of Johnny Morris reading his animal Bedtime Stories ("When I said goodnight to all the animals, I said, well goodnight Gladys..."). Here and and here. I had these on cassette as a child and loved them! Now I love playing them for DD.

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you can get the Chalet School books from GGBP publishing - www.ggbp.co.uk/

Noel Streatfeild are almost all in print - you might prefer to get them from your local high street bookshop rather than that online site that doesn't pay UK taxes and also doesn't care about the high street...

They are mostly published by Jane Nissen books, but the better known ones are published by Penguin, Harpercollins, Hodder and Oxford.

go to www.hive.co.uk and type in his name - they'll all come up (and you're supporting local indies by buying from there)