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Margret & H.A. Rey's Curious George votes

It's election day, and Curious George is ready to cast his vote! On election day at the elementary school, Curious George and his friend the Man with the Yellow Hat are visiting just in time to see the kids voting for their new school mascot. George can't resist getting in on the fun. He l...

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Main Author: Langeland, Deirdre, 1973- (Author)
Other Authors: Young, Mary O'Keefe (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
Subjects:
Curious George > (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction.
Schools > Juvenile fiction.
Voting > Juvenile fiction.
Mascots > Juvenile fiction.
Monkeys > Juvenile fiction.
Citizenship > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Animal fiction > Juvenile.
Picture books.
Summary: It's election day, and Curious George is ready to cast his vote! On election day at the elementary school, Curious George and his friend the Man with the Yellow Hat are visiting just in time to see the kids voting for their new school mascot. George can't resist getting in on the fun. He learns about the candidates, collects campaign stickers, and casts a lot of ballots. But what will happen when his hijinks start to get in the way of the vote? And who will win the big election? -- Brodart's TOP Juvenile Titles [09/01/2020], Publisher Annotation
Physical Description: 24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN: 9780358248347
0358248345
9780358272632
0358272637
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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