I have been ancouraging my co-workers to read Curious George stories to their children. In fact it's surprising to me that they didn't already have these books in their collection. As soon as my wife was "with child", I went out looking for my old friends Curious George and Babar.
I attribute most of George's problems to the "man with the yellow hat." This fellow should know a little bit about monkeys before committing to the full time care of one. Why does he keep leaving George unnattended? This "man with the yellow hat" is at least partially culpable for allowing George to spend so much time without supervision.
Why is he the "man with yellow hat?" An astute observer will note that he has a yellow shirt, pants, and tie.
HA Mifflin's web site has this bit of info about George's author/illustrators.
I attribute most of George's problems to the "man with the yellow hat." This fellow should know a little bit about monkeys before committing to the full time care of one. Why does he keep leaving George unnattended? This "man with the yellow hat" is at least partially culpable for allowing George to spend so much time without supervision.
Why is he the "man with yellow hat?" An astute observer will note that he has a yellow shirt, pants, and tie.
HA Mifflin's web site has this bit of info about George's author/illustrators.
Q. Margret and Hans Rey were both born in Germany. How did they wind up in America?
A. After meeting briefly in Germany, Hans and Margret were reunited while working in Rio de Janeiro. They were married in 1935 and moved to Paris soon after. Unfortunately, the political climate in Europe was changing, and by the spring of 1940 Hitler was poised to take over Paris. Hans and Margret fled on homemade bicycles with little more than the clothes on their backs and a handful of manuscripts (one of which starred an inquisitive little monkey named Curious George) hours before German troops marched on the city. After a brief stay in Brazil, they found their way to New York City and eventually settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The idea of the manuscript, with drawings of George on it, making it's way across the French countryside, with the Panzers in pursuit, has always made me chortle a little.
