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Curious George (Curious George Original Adventures)
by
H.A. Rey,
Margret Rey
The first adventure in this highly popular series tells how the little monkey Curious George, caught in the jungle and brought back to the city by a man in a yellow hat, can't help being interested in all the new things around him. Though well meaning, George's curiosity always gets him into trouble. Young readers can easily relate, and Rey's cheerful illustrations celebra
...morePaperback, 64 pages
Published
March 15th 1973
by HMH Books
(first published 1941)
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Ah, Curious George. It's been so many years since I read you that I didn't even realize you'd gotten so controversial! George is a curious little monkey who has very little impulse control (i.e. a young child) who is constantly saved and protected by the man in the yellow hat (i.e. the grown up in his life). George is a hero kids can relate to and taken this way it's a sweet story about how kids don't need to be perfect for grown ups to love them. But then again there is that inconvenient bit ab...more
Totally awesome book. There's like a monkey and stuff. And there's like a dude with a yellow hat. The book's like yellow too. I reminds me of cheese. Sweet, sweet cheese.The monkey is like curious and stuff. His name's like George. He's so awesome.
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i like this book.because I'm curious and like to touch things thats not mine.
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According to old family tales, I requested that my parents read this one to me so many times that they resorted to accidentally on-purpose "misplacing" it for a while--just long enough to get a chance to read something else to me. :D That said, as an adult, I struggle with rating this classic. As a kid, I loved all the craziness George gets into and how the man in the yellow hat loves him regardless. Now, I find myself cringing at so many things-George being stuffed into a bag and taken from his...more
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Quite entertaining. I enjoyed the visual style, it reminded me of European graphic novels. I would have liked a different ending, though...
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Reading and the love of books can't encouraged too soon. The Curious George books by H.A. and Margaret Rey were great favourites of our kids and Jeanne has delighted in them ever since Elin brought a jumbo book containing six tales back from a trip to New York last fall. She went looking for our old copies shortly thereafter so ever since Jeanne's been read the old ones--now in tatters--when she visits here.
The stories are still charming, but one of the things that goes over Jeanne's head is the...more
The stories are still charming, but one of the things that goes over Jeanne's head is the...more
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published in English in 1941, was written by Margret Rey and illustrated by her husband Hans (H.A.) Rey. They wrote an additional six Curious George titles published between 1947 and 1966. These are often called the ‘original adventures’, and have been reissued in a 70th anniversary edition.
A second (1984-1993) and third series (1998-present) followed, as well as numerous animated television films, feature length movies and the current PBS TV series.
What can one say about a classic that spawned...more
A second (1984-1993) and third series (1998-present) followed, as well as numerous animated television films, feature length movies and the current PBS TV series.
What can one say about a classic that spawned...more
George was a good little monkey who lived in Africa. He was always curious. A man in a yellow hat had been observing George and thought that George would like to come to America to live with him. The man captures George and that is when his adventures start with the man in the yellow hat.
George tries to fly like the sea gulls and lands in the water. George attempts to use the phone and dials emergency rescue by mistake. And George relieves a balloon salesman of all his balloons holding on to th...more
George tries to fly like the sea gulls and lands in the water. George attempts to use the phone and dials emergency rescue by mistake. And George relieves a balloon salesman of all his balloons holding on to th...more
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Curious George by H.A. Rey is about a very curious monkey named George. A man captures George from the jungle and puts him on a ship to a big city. While on the ship, George falls into the sea trying to imitate some birds. George is rescued and they finally reach the big city. George plays with the telephone but accidentally calls the fire station and then is taken to jail. He escapes jail but later tries to grab a balloon from a vendor but takes all of the balloons and sails away high into the...more
I will never understand why this book and its progeny have been so well loved for over seventy years. (H.A. and Margaret Rey apparently escaped Nazi-occupied France on homemade bicycles with the manuscript for Curious George.)
The Man with the Yellow Hat travels to Africa, entices George with his hat, catches him, "pop[s] him into a bag," and ultimately takes him to live in a zoo. Despite capturing him from the wild to take him to a zoo, the Man with the Yellow Hat is referred to as George's "fr...more
The Man with the Yellow Hat travels to Africa, entices George with his hat, catches him, "pop[s] him into a bag," and ultimately takes him to live in a zoo. Despite capturing him from the wild to take him to a zoo, the Man with the Yellow Hat is referred to as George's "fr...more
Feb 11, 2012
Erik Graff
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
very little kids maybe
Recommended to Erik by:
Anne-Lise Graff
Shelves:
literature
Here's a book I hadn't thought about for several decades, recently brought to my attention by Jack, a three-year-old friend who met me at his door, book in hand, wanting to be read to. "Ah! Curious George," I said, immediately remembering and wanting very much to be reminded of the times it had been read to me in early childhood.
As it happens, the book is dreadful by any adult, twenty-first century standards. The story is horrific for what it accepts: a jungle monkey is tricked by a white man, k...more
As it happens, the book is dreadful by any adult, twenty-first century standards. The story is horrific for what it accepts: a jungle monkey is tricked by a white man, k...more
George's curiosity always gets the best of him. This monkey's curiosity led him to being caught by a man in a yellow hat in Africa. This was a friendly man who was going to take him to America to live in the zoo. George continues to cause all kinds of mischief by attempting to fly, calling the fire department, and stealing a bunch of balloons. No matter how much trouble George caused, the man in the yellow hat was still his friend and took care of him.
I believe the book is trying to have childr...more
I believe the book is trying to have childr...more
Aug 17, 2009
Shanna Gonzalez
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
children-04-08
When the monkey George sees a man with a yellow hat entering his jungle, his curiosity leads him into being captured and taken to America. On board the ship and upon arriving in America, his curiosity leads him into trouble again and again, but the man with the yellow hat is always there to bail him out.
George's mischievous, adventurous approach to life (balanced by his friend's comforting and steadying presence) has made him popular with generations of children since the first book was publishe...more
George's mischievous, adventurous approach to life (balanced by his friend's comforting and steadying presence) has made him popular with generations of children since the first book was publishe...more
This is a hard one for me. See, I grew up on Curious George. Well, not LITERALLY on him, as that would have been hurtful to the monkey and possibly not teaching me many manners.
Anyway, I remember the story. And reading this to my own kids, I found the story didn't age well. Why wasn't PETA involved in making sure George was never captured and taken from his home in the wild, much less given access to smoking and being put in a jail? Animal rights issues aside, one of the main reasons why George...more
Anyway, I remember the story. And reading this to my own kids, I found the story didn't age well. Why wasn't PETA involved in making sure George was never captured and taken from his home in the wild, much less given access to smoking and being put in a jail? Animal rights issues aside, one of the main reasons why George...more
Curious George is one of my all time favorite books when i was a child. Being mischievous myself, this book was so cute I loved every page. It is a story about a little monkey who is saved by a man in a big yellow hat and brought home with him. He begins to love the man and the man loves him back as his own child and takes care of him despite the fact that he continues to get into trouble. I believe that students of every age will love this book for a number of reasons. The pages are full of gor...more
Curious George is the story of a monkey who is taken from his home in the jungle by a man in a yellow hat to live in a zoo in the city. George has never been in this situation before, so he is naturally very curious. However, although George is well meaning, his curiosity always gets him into trouble.
The story of Curious George is one that many young children relate to, because they, like George, often have very little impulse control. They know what it’s like to be curious and sometimes, accid...more
The story of Curious George is one that many young children relate to, because they, like George, often have very little impulse control. They know what it’s like to be curious and sometimes, accid...more
The simple, bright illustrations of George getting into trouble are very appealing and do a nice job of supplementing the text, although there are times where the pictures and text don't exactly match up, such as when George is taken from Africa and, while the text reads "George was sad," the picture shows him smiling as he sits next to the man with the big yellow hat. The illustrations have thick white borders, as does the text, so there's plenty of space for a reader to rest his or her eyes wh...more
This is a cute book that the children would really enjoy. In the book George has to go to jail for calling the fire department when they weren’t needed. This isn’t realistic but also a great conversation starter for talking about emergencies. The illustrations are very bright and colorful and the text is simple and easy to understand. This book could be read to Pre-k through kindergarten.
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Rey, H.A.. Curious George. Boston: Houghton Miffin Company, 1993.
Curious George is the story of a curious monkey that gets caught in Africa by a zoo keeper, because of his curiosity, and is sent to New York City. While in New York City his curiosity gets him into a whole load of trouble. He accidentally calls the fire department while playing on the phone, takes a bundle of balloons and floats away and even gets sent to Prison. This book original print date is 1941 and has been re printed sever...more
Curious George is the story of a curious monkey that gets caught in Africa by a zoo keeper, because of his curiosity, and is sent to New York City. While in New York City his curiosity gets him into a whole load of trouble. He accidentally calls the fire department while playing on the phone, takes a bundle of balloons and floats away and even gets sent to Prison. This book original print date is 1941 and has been re printed sever...more
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I think that 3 to 5 year olds will enjoy this book because a monkey is curious about so many things, many things of which some children can relate to. I would like to use it in a social studies unit where i can teach about the differences of several places that are mentioned in the book. Children can understand why a monkey who use to live in a jungle would want to do so many things in a city. A jungle is a totally different environment and way of living. This book includes long sentences but it...more
Curious George was a great story of adventure. The book is portrait style and the inner cover pages have a picture of George getting into trouble on a telephone wire, kind of giving readers a hint of the story. The art style seems watercolor and are very bright and the illustrator seems to use the primary colors. The type face is similar times new roman and the words are alone on a page with the picture on the separate page. The pictures are full bleed and seem to have no borders, but there is a...more
This book was one of my all time favorites when I was first learning to read, and I even remember getting a Curious George stuffed animal for Christmas one year. Now that I re-read it, the story isn't as amazing as I once remembered, but I like it for the sake that it brings back good memories. The story is a bit long for a beginning book, but it is easy to read and has a very mischeivious storyline which I'm sure kids love. The book is the first in a series about a curious monkey named George a...more
As the introduction explains, the watercolor paintings that accompany this special edition of the very first Curious George story made their way out of Paris on the back of Hans Rey's bicycle, as he and his wife, Margaret, narrowly escaped the German occupation. By way of Spain and Brazil, Rey and his work came to the United States, where cash-strapped children's publishers always required "color separation" art--i.e., a different drawing for each color. So Rey's watercolors were not used, and f...more
The book introduces George; tells the history of where the man in the large yellow straw hat found him; tells how the man captured him; and, most importantly, provides several examples of George's outstanding personality trait, his curiosity.
George, totally curious, puts on the hat; tries to fly like the sea gulls; uses the telephone and inadvertently phones the fire station; is taken to prison, escapes, and is carried skyward by a bunch of balloons.
As in subsequent books, the ending is happy...more
George, totally curious, puts on the hat; tries to fly like the sea gulls; uses the telephone and inadvertently phones the fire station; is taken to prison, escapes, and is carried skyward by a bunch of balloons.
As in subsequent books, the ending is happy...more
I remember reading this book when I was younger. In fact, it was one of the first books I ever learned to read. I remember looking for a "Man in the Yellow Hat" every time I went to the zoo, and every monkey I saw was "Curious George". Reading it now, I find it amazing that such a simple story brought me such joy as a kid. The idea of a cute little monkey getting into all sorts of trouble was something that was not strange to me back then, but more of an everyday occurrence, and I always wanted...more
I remember watching the Curious George cartoon when I was a kid a being fixated on the fact that a certain amount of mischief is acceptable as kid. Therefore, I did a lot more mischievous things than I should have as a kid. I think this is exactly what kids need to hear from a book. Obviously Curious George is a little extreme when he is soaring over a town with balloons, walking on electrical wires, and being put in jail. I love how the illustrations in each of the Curious George books are whim...more
This is the first story in the Curious George series. This book was always checked out in grade school every time I wanted to read it, so I never got the chance. I of course have seen the movie, so I knew what the plot was about and it made me want to read the actual story book. This book is absolutely adorable from the pictures to the story line. George's curiosity in all the new and wonderful things he encounters in the world cause him to get in trouble a lot. I feel that young readers could r...more
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Curious George has always been one of my favorite stories. It had been a while since I have read it, but when I did I fell in love with it all over again.The man ends up seeking a friendship with a very curious monkey (George). From the city to the jungle their friendship just grows deeper in the book is full of imagination along with love. I could use this book to talk about friendship. I could also use this book to talk about how even though sometimes children are curious to do...more
Curious George has always been one of my favorite stories. It had been a while since I have read it, but when I did I fell in love with it all over again.The man ends up seeking a friendship with a very curious monkey (George). From the city to the jungle their friendship just grows deeper in the book is full of imagination along with love. I could use this book to talk about friendship. I could also use this book to talk about how even though sometimes children are curious to do...more
Curious George is a timeless story about a little monkey named George who seemed to get into trouble quite often. George got caught by a man with a bright yellow hat in Africa. They went on a ship and George about drowned when trying to fly. When they got to their destination George called the fire dept. and after they got there they took George to prison. After George broke out he wanted a balloon and instead got all of them and floated away. Eventually his friend with the yellow hat came and g...more
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Hans Augusto Rey was born on September 16, 1898, in Hamburg, Germany. He grew up there near the world-famous Hagenbeck Zoo, and developed a lifelong love for animals and drawing. Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein (who would be known to most of the world as Margret Rey) was also born in Hamburg on May 16, 1906. The two met briefly when Margret was a young girl, before she left Hamburg to study art. The...more
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