Summary
Curious George's natural agility gives him an unfair advantage when he joins a volleyball game at the beach, but it also helps him rescue a little boy who almost falls off a pier. Full description
Summary: |
Curious George's natural agility gives him an unfair advantage when he joins a volleyball game at the beach, but it also helps him rescue a little boy who almost falls off a pier. |
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Item Description: |
Cover title: At the beach. "Adapted from the Curious George film series." |
Physical Description: |
32 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. |
ISBN: |
0395486661 : |
Author Notes: |
Hans and Margret were married in Brazil on August 16, 1935, but they soon moved to Paris. It was there that Hans published his first children's book, after a French publisher saw his newspaper cartoons of a giraffe and asked him to expand upon them. Raffy and the Nine Monkeys was the result, and the debuted the mischievous monkey named Curious George. After Raffy and the Nine Monkeys was published, the Reys began a book of Curious George's own. Before the new manuscript could be published, the Reys, both German Jews, found themselves being forced to flee the Nazi occupation. From Lisbon, they made their way to Brazil and on to New York City, where they began a whole new life as children's book authors. Curious George was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1941. All the Curious George books, including the seven original stories by Margret and Hans, have sold over 25 million copies and are so popular that the original story has never been out of print. Margret Rey passed away in 1996, but not before establishing the Curious George Foundation in 1989, which gives money to children and animals. (Bowker Author Biography) |