The first adventure in this highly popular series tells how the little monkey Curious George, caught in the jungle and brought back to the city by a man in a yellow hat, can't help being interested in all the new things around him. Though well meaning, George's curiosity always gets him into trouble. Young readers can easily relate, and Rey's cheerful illustrations celebrate Curious George's innocence.

A lonely giraffe teams up with nine playful monkeys.

Provides information on constellations, discussing which ones are visible in each season, their mythology, the brightness of stars, light years, and the solar system.

Curious George just wants to help out; his willingness to help gets him into trouble and then into space.

On June 14, 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled Paris as the German army invaded the city. Escaping on bicycles, they took only winter coats and four picture books strapped to the racks. Among those books were the watercolors and a rough text for Fifi, later known to the world as Curious George. However, when Curious George was actually published in the United States in 1941, these original watercolors were not used for the printing. Hans Rey was required...

En este libro ilustrado para niños, Jorge, un monito curioso, se escapa del jardín zoológico y busca trabajo en la ciudad. Lava platos y limpia las ventanas de rascacielos, pero también se mete en lo que no debe. The monkey Curious George escapes from the zoo and looks for work in the city. He washes dishes and cleans the windows of skyscrapers but also gets into things that he shouldn't.

When Curious George is left to dye eggs with his friends, he explores primary and secondary colors while trying to keep the kitchen, and himself, clean.