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Thanks for your reply.The books do go back a long way yes, I actually saw a picture of one that was published in America in 1958 recently and it was the first book. It was hardback, light blue and had a what would appear to be a hand embroidered image of Drina on it - it was really nice.
I was surprised they had changed the stories slightly in the later publications - all of mine are the larger colourful ones that were published in the late eighties and early nineties. They are either Simon and Schuster or MacDonald.
I have only recently decided to re-read them having read them such a lot as a child, but then not for 20 years. I was really pleased that I still loved them, I would've been upset if I had spoilt such treasured childhood memories of them by reading them again and finding I no longer thought they were wonderful, this did not happen however and I still found them highly readable.
It is kind of you to offer to scan in the covers of your copy of Drina Ballerina, that would be much appreciated. I had copies of all the books, and I do not remember ever giving them away, but as I can not find them I decided to buy used copies to fill in the gaps in my set. The Drina Ballerina one has got damage on it, a label has been peeled off and damaged Drinas face, which might not bother some people, but I thought I could try to repair it if I got a good quality image and printed it out - the front and back - to make a dust jacket sort of cover. The only one that I could get that wasn't a completely stupid price was this one, so I bought it - and even with the damage I still prefer it to the later HodderWayland covers as they are very dark and not how I picture the character.
The other book cover, that for similar reasons I was looking for is Drina goes on Tour