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The complete adventures of Curious George

The adventures of the ingenious little monkey who left the jungle to live with the man in the yellow hat.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Rey, Margret (Author), Rey, H. A. (Hans Augusto), 1898-1977 (Author)
Other Authors:	Jones, Dolores Blythe, Marcus, Leonard S., 1950-, Silvey, Anita
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2010]
Edition:	70th anniversary edition.
Subjects:	Curious George > (Fictitious character) > Juvenile fiction. Monkeys > Juvenile fiction. Animal fiction > Juvenile. Children's audiobooks.
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Summary:	The adventures of the ingenious little monkey who left the jungle to live with the man in the yellow hat.
Item Description:	Edition statement from cover. Publication date taken from jacket art copyright. Includes an illustrated essay by Dee Jones chronicling the life and work of Margret and H.A. Rey, an introduction by Leonard S. Marcus, and a retrospective note by the former publisher Anita Silvey.
Physical Description:	2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience:	004-008
ISBN:	9780547391007 0547391005
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)