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The Complete Adventures of Curious George

by Margret Rey, H.A. Rey · 1969

Curious George Original Adventures series

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"This is George. He lived in Africa. he was a good little monkey, and always very curious."

With these words, H.A. and Margret Rey introduced the world to Curious George, and the world has loved him ever since. The tales of this cheerful and resilent little heror have kept generations of readers enthralled and entertained. This lavish 70th Anniversary edition includes an introduction by Leonard S. Marcus, Publisher's Perspective by Anita Silvey, retrospective essay by Dee Jones with photographic album of Margaret and H. A. Rey, and the seven original tales of Curious George: Curious George, Curious George Gets a Medal, Curious George Flies a Kite, Curious George Rides a Bike, Curious George Goes to the Hospital, Curious George Takes a Job, and Curious George Learns the Alphabet. This volume also includes two audio CDs with recordings of the seven stories—more than one hour of storytelling!

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The Complete Adventures of Curious George will be treasured by George's many fans, young and old.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisanimalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture booksyoung adult
Length
long · 432 pages

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