Look what's NOT back in print...

[forgottoremember]

I'm feeling v frustrated that so many books I loved in childhood AREN'T in print, and are only available for insane amounts of money second hand.

For eg
Tilly's House
books by Gunilla Wolde (Thomas bakes a cake etc. etc.)
Benjamin and Tulip

Why is this? Why aren't they republished?

What are your other longed-for books, that can't be got without (not quite) a second mortgage?

[deleted203]

BardofBarking How much do you ache? It's on Amazon for £120.00 (gulp). Christmas present from someone who loves you? (A lot!)

[nickeldaisical]

The Family from One end Street is available in all good bookshops
Rusty

[DorsetKnob]

Ant and Bee

[nickeldaisical]

Essie - gobbolino is in print. i have it here

i loved the garden gang! definitely out of print, but i found some in a charity shop and i snapped them up!

lots of Joan Aiken's are back in print - Black hearts in battersea, wolves of willoughby close, dido & pa, necklace of raindrops, cuckoo tree, stolen lake etc.

[nickeldaisical]

yes, most Susan Coopers are available - in fact, one of my schools is doing the Dark is Rising sequence!

[nickeldaisical]

I've got loads of Diana Wynne Jones here.
I've never sold a copy of any of them in the entire 4 years I've been here.
And yet, I would call them classics.

[piprabbit]

The Parlicoot books by Alex McLeod.
There were copies of them at my GPs house. We still have them but are very, very fragile (well-loved). I'd love to buy new copies so I can actually read them to my DCs properly.

Someone has very kindly put the story and pictures on //www.parlicoot.com. But it's just not the same.

Luckily I managed to buy some Pookie books when they were breifly republished a few years ago.

[AnotherCerealNameChanger]

Ah yes - I have oodles of Diana Wynne Jones and AND - claim to fame, I have been round Green Knowe! We had all the books and I remember the TV series one Christmas, frightened me so much!

[reshetima]

OP have you tried abebooks? I searched for Gunilla Wolde and there seem to be loads within reach cost wise: www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/SearchResults?an=Gunilla+Wolde&bt.x=0&bt.y=0&sts=t.

And can I join everyone in the love fest for Streatfield, One End Street et al? I was delighted to see my DS happily read through all the ballet focused ones of Streatfield. They're just such good stories.

For the person up-thread looking for books for her DS. I'd recommend another oldie: The series by Elizabeth Enright that starts with The Four-Story Mistake seems to be back in print: www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=8006965315&searchurl=kn%3Dfour%2Bstory%2Bmistake%26sts%3Dt%26x%3D0%26y%3D0. Fab series about a close-knit family of children, first set in New York, then in the countryside (Long Island, I think).

So many more I could list here. Thankfully I hoarded most of my childhood loves, although I had to chuck out a few really musty ones from the 60s that were printed on inferior paper and binding.

[stealthsquiggle]

Are the Bagthorpe books out of print too, then?

I was trying to explain tin shaking to DS the other day.

[deleted203]

stealthsquiggle I don't know if Bagthorpe's are out of print, but the tin shaking is in 'Absolute Zero', and I discovered whilst tidying the other day that we have 2 copies of this! If you would like it pm me with your address and I'll post you a copy!

[Mrskbpw]

I am a HUGE Noel Streatfeild fan. I just read Tea by the Nursery Fire, which is the story of her dad's nanny in Victorian England and is brilliant. Weirdly it only came out last month - I'm sure it's been published before though.
You can see where she got ideas for lots of the nannies in her books from. I've also recently read Saplings, her adult novel which is wonderfully bleak.

Lots of the children's ones are out of print, sadly.

I also loved Charlotte Sometimes and Antonia Fraser. I liked the Jill books too. I never quite got to grips with the Chalet School though.

Thinking about books I loved when I was little is the only time I have a pang about only having boys. I did buy Gobbolino for my oldest and he wasn't having it, so I don't fancy my chances with Ballet Shoes. Mind you, no guarantees a girl would like it either!

My sons have the Johnny Morris CD and they love, love, love it.

[drjohnsonscat]

Slightly OT but the Johnny Morris cd of him reading the Just So Stories is also lovely.

[AWomanCalledHorse]

The Flying Postman is on eBay from time to time for £90-ish
I bought a copy last year for £30-ish.

Can anyone help me name this book (I've trawled book shops & can't find it); it's a picture book
A teddy (wearing dungarees & a red and white check/plaid shirt) is put in the attic, he finds a mouse & a lady doll (possibly a toy soilder too) in a dolls house...and they become their own family or something like that.

[stealthsquiggle]

sowornout thank you for the lovely offer - but I gave in to temptation this morning and ordered cheap used copies of Ordinary Jack and Absolute Zero this morning - they would appear to all be out of print, but widely and cheaply available.

[nickeldaisical]

Bagthorpes are out of print, yes.

reshetima - if it's on AbeBooks, then it's 99% certain to be out of print. :)

AWomanCalledHorse is it teddy robinson?

[NormanTheForeman]

Yes, I agree the book that justfloatingby is thinking of could be "Five Dolls in a House". I had that as a child. The snooty one was Vanessa, and one of them (Jacqueline I think it might have been) was a "paying guest".

[AWomanCalledHorse]

Nickel, it's not Teddy Robinson...but by happy coincidence that's another book (Dear Teddy Robinson) I loved when I was a kid & have been looking for! So thanks!

[deleted203]

stealthsquiggle You're welcome! I know what it's like to ache for a book you had as a child. We've still got all the Teddy Robinson books. I don't recognise the teddy bear in the attic I'm afraid.

[nickeldaisical]

that's a shame Horse.
there was something else that came back into print, too - Jane Hissey's Old Bear Stories.
but no clothes so I didn't think it would be that./

[nickeldaisical]

but the description says they rescue him from the attic!

[vesela]

nickeldaisical - I started a thread on books back in print (here) - would be very grateful if you could add to it anything you come across!

[AWomanCalledHorse]

nickel, please get out of my head. I was watching episodes of the Old Bear tv show on youtube yesterday after this thread!

I may have to start a thread about this book, it's bugging me!

Found Oldchildrensbooks, although most of the books on this thread sound vair English, so don't think it will help many people?

[nickeldaisical]

[nickeldaisical]

vasela - i'll have a go! :)