If your family is like mine, several generations have enjoyed the Curious George picture books, and both the adults and the children in your family will be delighted with The Complete Adventures of Curious George: The 70th Anniversary Edition.
The Book's Contents: Information About Curious George and Margret and H.A. Rey
Adults and older children will particularly appreciate learning more about the books and their creators, Margret and H.A. Rey, through:
- An introduction to the Curious George books and their creators by critic Leonard Marcus
- Curious George: A Publisher’s Perspective, an essay by former publisher Anita Silvey
- A retrospective essay by Dee Jones, the curator of the de Grummond Children’s Literature Collection, with a photographic album of the Reys.
The Seven Original Curious George Stories
Children and adults will enjoy sharing the Rey’s stories of Curious George and the man with the yellow hat. Several things make the Curious George books particularly appealing to young children. George is a curious little monkey who gets into the kind of mischief that appeals to kids. The stories are full of amusing crises, but tragedy is always averted, and each book ends happily. The illustrations, while full of life and color, are also childlike in their simplicity, making them particularly accessible to young children.
All seven of the Curious George stories created by Margret and H.A. Rey are included in The Complete Adventures of Curious George.
- Curious George (first published in the United States in 1941)
- Curious George Takes a Job (1947)
- Curious George Rides a Bike (1952)
- Curious George Gets a Medal (1957)
- Curious George Flies a Kite (1958)
- Curious George Learns the Alphabet (1963)
- Curious George Goes to the Hospital (1966).
My Recommendation
If you are a Curious George fan, give yourself a treat and buy this book. The Complete Adventures of Curious George was published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 2001. The new 70th anniversary book jacket was copyrighted in 2010. The hardbound book is 422 pages long. (ISBN: 9780547391007)
What About the Curious George Movie?
If you plan to watch a DVD of the Curious George movie (movie release date: 2006), be sure to read Curious George Takes a Job first. After his job as a window washer ends in disaster, Curious George is thrilled to star in a movie about his own life and his adventures since meeting the man with the yellow hat.
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