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    <body><![CDATA[Very well written and meticulously researched.  Without having a story directly from the authors, Louise Borden managed to piece together their escape from Paris on bicycles during the Nazi invasion across the sea to Brazil and eventually the US.  Tells how Hans carefully protected his manuscript of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18019640">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[We loved this book!  <br/><br/>I read it with my 7 year old daughter and it really brought the abstract concept of what it meant to flee from a war into concrete terms.  She was also quite fascinated by the way the Reys' life experiences came through in their books.  We also loved the inclusion of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20974226">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Recommended for 3rd-5th grades<br/>This beautifully designed book is a must read for children's literature buffs. The book is divided into two parts. The first gives background on the couple's childhoods and early life together. The second half is devoted to their dramatic escape from Europe in  Wor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81263483">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was not about Curious George but about the escape of his writers from World War II. The book follows the writers Hans and Margaret Reyersbach as they moved from place to place finding there home. They found their home in France when the two Jews needed to flee before being taken hostage by...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81161085">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just got around to reading this... I was intrigued mostly because of Louise Borden's Cincy-ness, not really because of Curious George, which I don't really love. Anyway, very interesting to see the primary source info that Louise used, and I enjoyed Drummond's illustrations - kind of Quentin Blake-e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59166588">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very interesting, well done, another opportunity to appreciate how difficult WWII made life for everyone, including authors of stories destined to become classics.  I would have liked more information on how the &quot;Fifi&quot; became &quot;George&quot;; I was left wondering that even after reading...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[True story about the creators of Curious George and how they and the sketches for the first book escaped from the Nazis during WWII.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating story. I especially liked seeing the journal entries and other artifacts from the Rey's themselves. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Did you know Curious George was originally called Fifi the Monkey?  This is a really fun non-fiction book, and I don't always find a lot of those!  It's the story of the Curious George author and his wife, and their escape from Paris on bicycles when the Nazis were coming to occupy the city. It's a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23372642">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a remarkable story of how Curious George, a little monkey loved by millions, almost was never published.  During the reign of terror by the Nazis H. A. Ray and Margaret Ray escaped by bike across country and sailed over the ocean on a liner to America where they found refuge and a little mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16469860">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This again is a book i had to read for work and yo knw how they say that you learned something everyday?? well did you know that curious george was developed by twoo german born jews? yea this book chronicles their narrow escape from nazi paris...to brazil!]]></body>
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