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Curious George New Adventures
Peter Pedal opdager en dinosaur
Peter Pedal er altid ude på sjov. En dag kommer han med til en spændende udgravning. Nogle forskere er ved at grave i jorden efter et dinosaurskelet. Desværre har det ikke fundet noget endnu. Men så kommer Peter Pedal og hjælper dem...
H.A. Rey (1898-1977) var en tysk forfatter og illustrator bosat i USA. Sammen med sin hustru, Margret Rey, skabte han de klassiske historier om Peter Pedal.
H.A. Rey (1898-1977) var en tysk forfatter og illustrator bosat i USA. Sammen med sin hustru, Margret Rey, skabte han de klassiske historier om Peter Pedal.
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First published January 1, 2006
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H.A. Rey
595 books214 followersHans Augusto Rey was born on September 16, 1898, in Hamburg, Germany. He grew up there near the world-famous Hagenbeck Zoo, and developed a lifelong love for animals and drawing. Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein (who would be known to most of the world as Margret Rey) was also born in Hamburg on May 16, 1906. The two met briefly when Margret was a young girl, before she left Hamburg to study art. They were reunited in 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, where Hans was selling bathtubs as part of a family business and Margret was escaping the political climate in Germany. Margret convinced Hans to leave the family business, and soon they were working together on a variety of projects.
Hans and Margret were married in Brazil on August 16, 1935, and they moved to Paris after falling in love with the city during their European honeymoon. It was there that Hans published his first children’s book, after a French publisher saw his newspaper cartoons of a giraffe and asked him to expand upon them. Raffy and the Nine Monkeys (Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys in the British and American editions) was the result, and it marked the debut of a mischievous monkey named Curious George.
After Raffy and the Nine Monkeys was published, the Reys decided that Curious George deserved a book of his own, so they began work on a manuscript that featured the lovable and exceedingly curious little monkey. But the late 1930s and early ’40s were a tumultuous time in Europe, and before the new manuscript could be published, the Reys—both German Jews—found themselves in a horrible situation. Hitler and his Nazi party were tearing through Europe, and they were poised to take control of Paris.
Knowing that they must escape before the Nazis took power, Hans cobbled together two bicycles out of spare parts. Early in the morning of June 14, 1940, the Reys set off on their bicycles. They brought very little with them on their predawn flight — only warm coats, a bit of food, and five manuscripts, one of which was Curious George. The Nazis entered Paris just hours later, but the Reys were already on their way out. They rode their makeshift bicycles for four long days until reaching the French-Spanish border, where they sold them for train fare to Lisbon. From there they made their way to Brazil and on to New York City, beginning a whole new life as children’s book authors.
Curious George was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1941, and for sixty years these books have been capturing the hearts and minds of readers throughout the world. All the Curious George books, including the seven original stories by Margret and Hans, have sold more than twenty-five million copies. So popular that his original story has never been out of print, George has become one of the most beloved and recognizable characters in children’s literature. His adventures have been translated into many languages, including Japanese, French, Afrikaans, Portuguese, Swedish, German, Chinese, Danish, and Norwegian.
Although both of the Reys have passed away — Hans in 1977 and Margret in 1996—George lives on in the Curious George Foundation. Established in 1989, this foundation funds programs for children that share Curious George’s irresistible qualities—ingenuity, opportunity, determination, and curiosity in learning and exploring. Much consideration is given to programs that benefit animals, through preservation as well as the prevention of cruelty to animals. The foundation supports community outreach programs that emphasize the importance of family, from counseling to peer support groups.
Hans and Margret were married in Brazil on August 16, 1935, and they moved to Paris after falling in love with the city during their European honeymoon. It was there that Hans published his first children’s book, after a French publisher saw his newspaper cartoons of a giraffe and asked him to expand upon them. Raffy and the Nine Monkeys (Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys in the British and American editions) was the result, and it marked the debut of a mischievous monkey named Curious George.
After Raffy and the Nine Monkeys was published, the Reys decided that Curious George deserved a book of his own, so they began work on a manuscript that featured the lovable and exceedingly curious little monkey. But the late 1930s and early ’40s were a tumultuous time in Europe, and before the new manuscript could be published, the Reys—both German Jews—found themselves in a horrible situation. Hitler and his Nazi party were tearing through Europe, and they were poised to take control of Paris.
Knowing that they must escape before the Nazis took power, Hans cobbled together two bicycles out of spare parts. Early in the morning of June 14, 1940, the Reys set off on their bicycles. They brought very little with them on their predawn flight — only warm coats, a bit of food, and five manuscripts, one of which was Curious George. The Nazis entered Paris just hours later, but the Reys were already on their way out. They rode their makeshift bicycles for four long days until reaching the French-Spanish border, where they sold them for train fare to Lisbon. From there they made their way to Brazil and on to New York City, beginning a whole new life as children’s book authors.
Curious George was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1941, and for sixty years these books have been capturing the hearts and minds of readers throughout the world. All the Curious George books, including the seven original stories by Margret and Hans, have sold more than twenty-five million copies. So popular that his original story has never been out of print, George has become one of the most beloved and recognizable characters in children’s literature. His adventures have been translated into many languages, including Japanese, French, Afrikaans, Portuguese, Swedish, German, Chinese, Danish, and Norwegian.
Although both of the Reys have passed away — Hans in 1977 and Margret in 1996—George lives on in the Curious George Foundation. Established in 1989, this foundation funds programs for children that share Curious George’s irresistible qualities—ingenuity, opportunity, determination, and curiosity in learning and exploring. Much consideration is given to programs that benefit animals, through preservation as well as the prevention of cruelty to animals. The foundation supports community outreach programs that emphasize the importance of family, from counseling to peer support groups.
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December 29, 2018
I get armloads of these little paperbacks whenever I'm at my favorite thrift store. They have children's books for just a few cents a piece and I grab just about everything. This one is pretty cute. I never read Curious George as a child but baby boy loves the books and the tv show. This volume is the perfect size for bedtime, but has extra activities to extend the learning.
June 27, 2025
Cute story about managing frustration and how sometimes accidents can have happy outcomes.
May 25, 2025
The Science Museum lets the Man in the Yellow Hat invite himself and his monkey on a paleontology dig, despite an abundance of evidence that the monkey causes damage and/or risk of grave bodily harm wherever he visits. Geez, does tMitYH fund the place? Is he some S&P500 CEO's son living large off stock?
George has no patience for sifting dirt for fossils, takes other people's tools and uses them without permission, kicks up dust causing others to cough, climbs onto and knocks over a wheelbarrow, runs away when working scientists try to stop him, and causes a landslide that could have hurt someone, but it reveals a seemingly-complete dinosaur skeleton when they'd found nothing up to that point, so they're happy! Hooray for George! He even gets this new type of dinosaur named after himself.
My 2-year-old loves George and happily she doesn't seem to be taking these dubious morals to heart.
George has no patience for sifting dirt for fossils, takes other people's tools and uses them without permission, kicks up dust causing others to cough, climbs onto and knocks over a wheelbarrow, runs away when working scientists try to stop him, and causes a landslide that could have hurt someone, but it reveals a seemingly-complete dinosaur skeleton when they'd found nothing up to that point, so they're happy! Hooray for George! He even gets this new type of dinosaur named after himself.
My 2-year-old loves George and happily she doesn't seem to be taking these dubious morals to heart.
February 24, 2019
Curious George loves going to the dinosaur museum, but this time is gets a surprise and heads to an archaeology dig with The Man with the Yellow Hat to look for new dinosaur bones. But as always George's curiosity gets him into trouble...but he always seems to come out good in the end.
Pretty good story and should appeal to any dinosaur lovers. This edition has a bonus word jumble and finger puppets in the back.
Pretty good story and should appeal to any dinosaur lovers. This edition has a bonus word jumble and finger puppets in the back.
December 28, 2018
Curious George exercises no perseverance, no patience, starts taking other people's things and using them without permission, kicks up dust inconsiderately causing other people to cough, climbs onto and knocks over someone's wheelbarrow, runs away when he gets in trouble, and without any work or effort stumbles upon dinosaur bones.
April 25, 2020
After a long day of studying and writing, I decided to unwind with a childhood classic. As a child I loved both Curious George and dinosaurs, so seeing this advertised by Hoopla as a free download that wouldn’t count towards my monthly limit seemed like perfect timing. And, of course, I loved it. Curious George is just the cutest, and this is a very sweet little story.
October 21, 2021
This was a quick read that I read to my first grade class. They thought that this was a funny book. I thought that it is just like a few of the other books that I have read. This is a good book for younger kids. This is also an AR book for anyone who might want to know. I would recommend this book to other Curious George loving readers.
March 16, 2025
The illustrations in this book are by Anna Grossnickle Hines.
In this adventure with Curious George - he and his friend - the man in the yellow hat - go to the Dinorsuar Museum. Next they go to a dig - where people are looking for dinosaurs. George helps - in his George way.
The result is that he finds a dinosaur and gets to see it displayed at the Museum.
In this adventure with Curious George - he and his friend - the man in the yellow hat - go to the Dinorsuar Museum. Next they go to a dig - where people are looking for dinosaurs. George helps - in his George way.
The result is that he finds a dinosaur and gets to see it displayed at the Museum.
July 4, 2017
Pretty standarrd "George" fare, but neverthrless a pleasant read. The kids did enjoy watching George make his discovery, but they were maybe a little disappointed he didn't get into more trouble first. Still, it was a good book to include in our unit on dinosaurs.
February 4, 2023
Though the plots follow the same pattern (George is naughty but in the end he helps out), they were better reads than I expected.
Maddie liked that it was about dinosaurs and I enjoyed telling the girls about the archaeological digs I went on in university.
Maddie liked that it was about dinosaurs and I enjoyed telling the girls about the archaeological digs I went on in university.
February 13, 2018
A typical book for the series of a curious monkey. My son loved it.
May 6, 2018
The man with the yellow hat takes George to a dig site. At first, George is always in the way and messing things up, but his blunder unearths a colossal fossil that gets named after him.
February 20, 2019
Ages 3-6.
April 29, 2019
Great book series about a curious monkey.
February 25, 2020
I do an opinion writing with this assignment each year.
March 10, 2020
George found it!
May 19, 2020
The trouble-making monkey is back and this time he inadvertently uncovers a dinosaur.
March 8, 2021
Israel things Curious George is a pretty cool monkey to read about. This is an adventure at the museum and also out in the field digging up dinosaur bones. Great books for beginning readers!
February 8, 2023
Very cute.
July 1, 2023
A fun story of George working with scientists to find dinosaur bones.
March 15, 2017
My two year old loves these books. Already I've read this one to him five times.
April 13, 2019
We love Curious George books!
May 5, 2016
The genre of this book is a picture book intended for the age of 4 to 6 year olds. The book details the adventures of Curious George when he is digging for dinosaur bones with scientists from the museum. George becomes curious, accidentally causes a rockslide, and as a result, he uncovers dinosaur bones. I rated this book as a 3 because while it was engaging, I did not think it was anything special or anything that stood out from the norm. It was a simple, but effective story. I liked that it had very clear events that children could understand. I think children that like Curious George will enjoy this book. I am not sure children that are not familiar with him will find the book very engaging. The plot was simple and easy to follow. I thought the text was appropriate for the intended audience. The illustrations were typical of Curious George books, simple, but nothing elaborate or flashy. I think this book is useful for practicing sequencing events with children as it had a very clear sequence of events. I think this book is a good starting point for children learning to sequence events as it has a very uncomplicated sequence of events. I think this book would be appealing to young readers because Curious George is pretty popular and as such, his stories are motivating and engaging effortlessly.
September 11, 2012
FIVE STARS!!
I thought this story was very creative and cute!
This was very creative way to send a simple message to children. By having Curious George discover the dinosaur bones after spending a lot of time sifting through dirt shows that you can accomplish anything if you don't give up. He spent much of his day working with other adults digging and sifting dirt for dinosaur bones and eventually discovered a dinosaur! This book also shows that museums aren't just educational, but fun as well! Many children think that museums are boring, but when they read a story like this, it may make them look forward to going to the museum (as well as other places such as a library!)
Creative, cute story! I enjoyed it very much!
I thought this story was very creative and cute!
This was very creative way to send a simple message to children. By having Curious George discover the dinosaur bones after spending a lot of time sifting through dirt shows that you can accomplish anything if you don't give up. He spent much of his day working with other adults digging and sifting dirt for dinosaur bones and eventually discovered a dinosaur! This book also shows that museums aren't just educational, but fun as well! Many children think that museums are boring, but when they read a story like this, it may make them look forward to going to the museum (as well as other places such as a library!)
Creative, cute story! I enjoyed it very much!
September 16, 2012
Case:Cardboard yellow Endpages is plain blue which comlements the illustration int he book
This book is a small book and would be liked by a variety of childeren. The book was very diversed by addind featuers and characters of many races. It's funny because george is a monkey who is very curious like many children. He has a white male friend who takes him to visit the dinosaur museum and after that adventure they go to a location to look for bones. The illustartor used saturated colors which evoked excitement. This book is good for toodlers ages two to five.I enjoyed this book.
This book is a small book and would be liked by a variety of childeren. The book was very diversed by addind featuers and characters of many races. It's funny because george is a monkey who is very curious like many children. He has a white male friend who takes him to visit the dinosaur museum and after that adventure they go to a location to look for bones. The illustartor used saturated colors which evoked excitement. This book is good for toodlers ages two to five.I enjoyed this book.
July 28, 2016
Synopsis: "Curious George loves dinosaurs, so he’s excited to visit a dig to look for real dinosaur bones. Will the curious little monkey help make a big discovery?"
My Review: This is the first Curious George book Munchkin has enjoyed in some time. He loved talking about how George was digging in the sand and about the dinosaur bones. It sparked some questions and a desire to go to the museum to see some for himself. It is always great when a book sparks additional learning opportunities!
My Review: This is the first Curious George book Munchkin has enjoyed in some time. He loved talking about how George was digging in the sand and about the dinosaur bones. It sparked some questions and a desire to go to the museum to see some for himself. It is always great when a book sparks additional learning opportunities!
August 6, 2009
...Read this to my sister's baby-in-the-womb...(I had picked it up a few years ago at the National Museum of Natural History, where I work, because it referenced a Dinosaur Museum.) Messages I liked: Serendipity sometimes precedes a scientific discovery; and, scientists are mixed in gender and ethnicity. Now, our band of emigrants from West Virginia realize a quest must begin to find enrichment books fit for what will surely be a radical, genius baby :).....The Quest Is On!
April 1, 2012
This would be a great book to read at the beginning of a unit on fossils to 2-3 graders. I believe that it would help to get the student engaged in what they are about to learn. I would bring in different fossils and have the students look at them and see if they are able to identify the animal, rock or thing that made made the fossil. I would also have the students make cast and fossils out of playdoh.
April 19, 2012
The Man in the Yellow Hat is taking George on a trip to the Dinosaur Museum. But this is not just any trip. He surprises George by taking him to a rocky quarry where scientist are searching for read dinosaur bones. After Georges curiosity leads him into mischief he ends up making a hug discovery. George finds dinosaur bones! This book is great to tie into a science lesson. It is also great for sequencing.
May 12, 2017
Curious George is at it again---causing trouble because of the fact that he is so curious. One day, the man with the yellow hat takes George to a fossil dig. When George tries to help, he ends up making a mess of the excavation. While trying to run away, he causes a rock slide that uncovers a never before discovered dinosaur. The new dinosaur is placed in the museum George and the man with the yellow hat frequent. It is named the Georgosaurus. Nice illustrations and a nice story.
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