Nostalgia publishing

If you've organised your Christmas gifts for others, here's a suggestion from the BBC website for people of a certain age. It refers to reprints of the "Janet and John" series of books, which were used to to teach several generations of children to read. A wave of nostalgia has gripped the publishing industry following the success of Conn and Hal Iggulden's Dangerous Book for Boys published in 2006. In an attempt to cash in on the trend for retro chic, publishers are searching out books, particularly children's stories, from the 1950s and beyond, to lovingly reprint them in facsimile editions. Alternatively they are taking modern content and giving it a 1950s feel with retro design.