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As with many of our most beloved illustrated
characters, Curious George, came to us almost by accident.
His creators, H.A. and Margret Rey, were living in Montamarte,
France when they began doing sketches of a giraffe for a
French newspaper. The publishers liked the original drawings
so much they asked them to work on a children's book. The
result was Cecily G. And it was here that we saw Curious
George for the first time.
The Reys had already written the first Curious George book
when they were forced to flee Paris in 1940. After arriving
safely in the United States with the manuscript intact,
the Reys had it published by Houghton Mifflin in 1941. Since
then, Curious George has been printed in Japanese, French,
Afrikaans, Portuguese, Swedish, German, Spanish, Chinese,
Danish, and Norwegian. Quite a lot of rone small mischevious
monkey! It seems certain that Curious George will monkey
his way into the hearts of children, and adults, around
the world for many generations to come.
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