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Curious George Farm to table /

George's friend Marco wants to make his famous tortillas for his abuela's birthday, and George is happy to help! But when George knocks over the bag of masa and the grocery store is all out, George and Marco are worried the birthday surprise will be ruined. Luckily, Uncle Enrique is there...

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Main Author: Fenner, Julie M. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]
Series: Curious George (Television program)
Subjects:
Curious George > (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Monkeys > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Food > Juvenile fiction.
Birthdays > Juvenile fiction.
Local foods > Juvenile fiction.
Tortillas > Juvenile fiction.
Novelizations > Juvenile.
Summary: George's friend Marco wants to make his famous tortillas for his abuela's birthday, and George is happy to help! But when George knocks over the bag of masa and the grocery store is all out, George and Marco are worried the birthday surprise will be ruined. Luckily, Uncle Enrique is there to take them on a new adventure to find out where masa comes from, how it's made, and how it gets from the farm to Marco's table.
Item Description: "Based on the TV series teleplay written by Ken Scarborough"--Title page.
Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 21 x 21 cm
ISBN: 0544652207
9780544652200
0544652223
9780544652224
Author Notes: Hans Augusto Rey was born on September 16, 1898 in Hamburg, Germany. He escaped to Paris with his wife after the Nazi's invaded. While in Paris, Hans's animal drawings came to the attention of French publisher, who commissioned him to write a children's book. The result, Rafi and the Nine Monkeys, is little remembered today, but one of its characters, an adorably impish monkey named Curious George, was such a success that the couple considered writing a book just about him. Their work was interrupted with the outbreak of World War II. As Jews, the Reys decided to flee Paris before the Nazis seized the city. Hans built two bicycles, and they fled Paris just a few hours before it fell. Among the meager possessions they brought with them was the illustrated manuscript of Curious George.

The books were published by Houghton Mifflin in 1941. Curious George was an instant success, and the Reys were commissioned to write more adventures of the mischievous monkey and his friend, the Man in the Yellow Hat. They wrote seven stories in all. Their title Happy Halloween made The New York Times Best Seller List in 2013. At first, Margret's name was left off the cover because there was a glut of women already writing children's fiction. In later editions, this was corrected, and Margret now receives full credit for her role in developing the stories.

H. A. Rey died in 1977 and in 1989 Margaret Rey established the Curious George Foundation to help creative children and prevent cruelty to animals.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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