内容简介
CuriousGeorgelovesagoodwindyday.Therearemanythingshecanpracticeflying—likeakite.Nowifonlyhedoesn’tgettoocarriedaway!Thisearlyreaderexplorestheconceptsofflightandexperimentation.
作者简介
TheReyswereborninHamburg,Germany.HansAugustoRey(1898-1977)methiswife-to-be,Margret(1906-1996),atapartyinherfather'shomeinGermany;whenhefirstcaughtaglimpseofher,shewasslidingdownthebanister.IntheirtwentiesandthirtiestheylivedinParisandinRiodeJaneiro,whereHanssoldbathtubsinvillagesalongtheAmazonRiver.EventuallyCambridge,Massachusetts,becametheReys'homeandcommunity.ThroughouttheirlivestheReyscreatedmanylivelybookstogether,includingSPOTTY,PRETZEL,andlift-the-flapbookssuchasHOWDOYOUGETTHERE?ThemanuscriptofthefirstCuriousGeorgebookswasoneofthefewitemstheReyscarriedwiththemontheirbicycleswhentheyescapedfromParisin1940.Eventually,theymadetheirwaytotheUnitedStates,andCURIOUSGEORGEwaspublishedin1941.TheirincorrigiblelittlemonkeyhasbecomeanAmericanicon,sellingmillionsofbooksandcapturingtheheartsofreaderseverywhere.CURIOUSGEORGEhasbeenpublishedinmanylanguages,includingFrench,German,Japanese,Afrikaans,andNorwegian.AdditionalCuriousGeorgebooksfollowed,aswellassuchotherfavoritesasCECILYG.ANDTHENINEMONKEYSandFINDTHECONSTELLATIONS.
