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Georgegetsabrand-newbicycleforhisthirdanniversarywiththemanwiththeyellowhat.Heridesoffandgetsintoallsortsoftrouble,butheeventuallysavestheday."Tohisgreatdelight,Georgeispresentedwithasmallbike;agreestohelpaboywithhispaperroute;andis,againbecauseofhiscuriosity,ledintoafascinatingadventure.Troublehehas,tobesure,buttheadventureendsinablazeofglorywithGeorgeperforminginacircusandgallantlyrescuingafrightenedbabybear.”—HornBookThroughouttheirlivesH.A.andMargretReycreatedmanylivelybookstogether,includingSpotty,Pretzel,andWhiteblackthePenguin.Theirincorrigiblelittlemonkey,CuriousGeorge,hasbecomeanAmericanicon,sellingmillionsofbooksandcapturingtheheartsofreaderseverywhere.ForacompletelistingofbooksinSpanish,seepage4?5,andpage60.
作者简介
HansAugustoReywasborninHamburg,Germanyin1898.Asachild,hespentmuchofhisfreetimeinthatcity'sfamousHagenbeckZoodrawinganimals.AfterservinginthearmyduringWorldWarI,hestudiedphilologyandnaturalscienceattheUniversityofHamburg.HethenmarriedMargretReyandtheymovedtoMontmartreforfouryears.ThemanuscriptforthefirstCuriousGeorgebookswasoneofthefewitemstheReyscarriedwiththemontheirbicycleswhentheyescapedfromParisin1940.Eventually,theymadetheirwaytotheUnitedStates,andCuriousGeorgewaspublishedin1941.CuriousGeorgehasbeenpublishedinmanylanguages,includingFrench,German,Japanese,Afrikaans,andNorwegian.AdditionalCuriousGeorgebooksfollowed,aswellassuchotherfavoritesasCECILYG.ANDTHENINEMONKEYSandFINDTHECONSTELLATIONS.