Topsy-Turvy has been running now for twenty years, and grew out of our shared interest in (passion for ?!!) children’s books.  As a result of expanding our own collections, we started to have copies we no longer wanted - and how better to fuel our hobby than by dabbling in a sale here and there? 

Why Topsy-Turvy?  Well, when we decided to combine forces, we both wanted to keep our own style of catalogue, and we have slightly different collecting interests, so we looked for a way of preserving our independence in a joint catalogue.  The solution was our printed catalogue, which is double ended; start at one end and you get Betula’s books, then turn it upside down and begin at the other end and you get Sally’s books.  Hence the name.  Lots of our e-mail customers wonder about this, since they’ve never seen the printed version which makes it obvious.

We produce three catalogues a year, usually February / March, June / July and October / November, and hope there is something here to interest you.

We've also started to organise a biennial conference, Twentieth-Century Schoolgirls and Their Books. 

Betula has stepped back from doing regular catalogues due to changing family circumstances, but I am hoping to continue as I do enjoy the contact with fellow collectors. If you would like to contact me, click here to email me:

Sally:      Sally