Thanks, Rob and Anita. Changing hair colour! That seems crazy...I can't see any logical reason for that. I think I'll try to look for older versions. It's sad that changes have been made even that far back!

Joanne_chan , thanks for the response (and apologies for my long absence!). It's great to hear abou the "Girls Gone By" reprints! timv , your study sounds really interesting, and I really hope you do manage to get it published! I'd love to read it. It's such a shame that so many of the sc...

Rob, thanks for the info! Do you know if the modifications in the 1970s Deans version were just minor, like just the money values (one of the few changes that doesn't bother me), or should I play it safe and try to find an older version?

I love the Dimsie books, and read them as a child. Unfortunately they seem to be very difficult to get hold of (in South Africa anyway, I'm not sure about the rest of the world). I can't even track down a lot of the more recent reprints. I've been wondering about the reprints - far more recent that ...

Could someone please help me? Which versions of the Naughtiest Girl books have the original text? I read somewhere on the forum that they were updated in the 70s. So are all versions dated 80s or later revised versions?