Can't open you iphoto library with current version of Iphoto

I just got a new Imac and transferred my files from my G4 ibook but in doing so I seem to have modified my iphoto library on my ibook. Now I can't access any of the photos unless I upgrade iphoto. however I don't want to upgrade and was wondering if there is any way to fix the problem. I have iphoto 4.
thanks

Once you've upgraded your iPhoto 4 library for use with a later version, you can't downgrade it again. If you have a backup copy of the old library folder made before the upgrade, replace the upgraded one on the iBook with a copy of the backup copy. Also make sure there is no library folder anywhere on the iBook that was created by the later version. If there's a CD in the iBook's optical drive that was burned by the newer iPhoto version, even that will trigger the error message you saw. You'll have to keep iPhoto 4 completely unaware of the existence of iPhoto 6 in its vicinity, including over a network, or iP 4 won't run.
If you intend to be able to swap pictures between the two computers from time to time, you'll eventually be driven crazy, and you'll decide to upgrade the iBook so both computers run the same version of iPhoto. That's really the best course of action.
EDIT: Oops, just realized the iBook won't be able to run the version of iLife that's on your iMac. You'll just have to avoid ever moving any iPhoto LIbrary folder (even on a CD) from the iMac to the iBook.
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