H. A. Rey

"George was curious. And, being a monkey, his curiosity led him to be captured by a nice man with a yellow hat who wanted to take him home from Africa to the zoo. Surprisingly enough, even after George was captured, he went on being curious and, as a result, had all sorts of amazing adventures on shipboard and in the big city where the man lived. One of these adventures brought out the whole FIRE DEPARTMENT and landed George in prison. How he got...

A little monkey needs to rescued when he tries to fly a kite.

Readers can follow Curious George from morning to night, city to country, home to town, and learn new words and concepts along the way, including shapes, opposites, emotions, and jobs.

George wants to make Valentine's Day cards for all his friends, but even with four paws, it takes a long time to create homemade cards for everyone. With a little help from sponge shapes, red paint, and a waffle iron, George creates the first ever monkey Valentine's printing press!

Curious George illustrates a variety of emotions and states of being, including happy, proud, dizzy, naughty, silly, and, of course, curious.

Curious George causes trouble at a train station, at the opening of a new toy store, on a dump truck, when he finds party supplies, while camping, at his first Halloween costume party, at the library, and in the city, but always redeems himself.

Curious George's antics illustrate counting from one to ten, then backwards from ten to one.

At the opening of a new toy store, Curious George makes a mess and gets into trouble, but the owner soon sees that things aren't as bad as they appear.

Curious George is a good little monkey, and always very curious. Now George is curious about numbers. Countingfrom 1 to 10 is easy, but can he count all the way to 100? George has picked the perfect day to try. It's his town's 100th birthday today and everyone is coming out to celebrate!

With the help of his friend, the man with the yellow hat, George learns to countfrom 1 to 100, making his usual monkey mischief along the way. Young minds (and

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After accidentally ruining his friend's soccer game, Curious George enrolls in a soccer camp where he learns about the rules of the game and makes some mischief for the team.