Upgraded hard drive, can't find old iPhoto books

I upgraded the hardrive in my old iMac and my OS was upgraded at the same time. I'd produced 3 books in iPhoto and they no longer appear, even though all the data was transfered from the old HD. I assume that the new version of iPhoto has lost the Books, although all the photos are there.
My question is - can I retrieve these old books in any way?

I too have "lost books" in moving from one computer to another in a different location. Thanks to this post I've "found" them in the database but my question is how to restore them so that they are visible in iPhoto and therefore available for reprints?
This makes no sense - books do not exist except in the database and the only way to see them is using the database access program - iPhoto - so if you can see them you are seeing them in iPhoto - you can not see them "in the database" any other way
LN

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