Curious George The Monkey 7 Books Collection Set By Margret Rey9(Curious George and the Dinosaur, Curious George and the Fire-fighters, Curious

Titles in this Set: Curious George and the DinosaurCurious George and the Fire-fightersCurious George Visits the LibraryCurious George and the Birthday SurpriseCurious George Visits a Toy ShopCurious George Catches a TrainCurious George Goes to a Chocolate Factory Condition :BRAND NEWFormat : PaperbackISBN :9781406348453 Curious George and the Dinosaur:George, the man with the yellow hat and Mrs Needleman are at the train station to catch a train to the country. George becomes curious when he sees the station-master moving numbers and letters on a big sign and thinks he can be a big help. In the chaos that follows, a boy nearly falls on the train tracks chasing his toy engine, but George saves the day and gets to ride right up front! Curious George and the Fire-fighters:George and the man with the yellow hat go to the opening of a brand new toy shop, but George is so impatient that he sneaks in early. He finds a wonderland filled with hula hoops, balls and puppets! And George just cannot keep his paws to himself... Curious George stars in his own movie, featuring the vocal talents of Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore. Curious George Visits the Library:When the man with the yellow hat tells George that he is planning a surprise, of course George is curious. Before long George finds a hat, noisemakers, decorations and games. It must be a birthday! But whose birthday is it? That's the surprise! Curious George stars in his own movie, featuring the vocal talents of Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore. Curious George and the Birthday Surprise:The man in the yellow hat takes George for his very first visit to the library. George can't believe how many books there are and loads up a trolley with his favourites, but the trolley picks up speed and crashes – what a mess! With the help of the librarian and the other children, the books are all picked up and sorted out, and George is left with a small pile of his favourites. He is even given a new library card so that he can borrow some more when he visits again. Curious George Visits a Toy Shop:George and the man with the yellow hat take a trip to the fire station, and George finds all sorts of new things to explore. When one curious monkey meets a company of unsuspecting fire-fighters, a big adventure is sure to follow!Curious George stars in his own movie! Featuring the vocal talents of Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore, the full-length animated adventure hits UK cinemas on 26 May 2006. To visit the official film website, click here. Curious George Catches a Train:George joins a school trip to the museum but his attention wanes when he visits the rock exhibits. George wanders off and finds a dinosaur skeleton in the next room. The temptation to climb to the top is too much for him and when George is found, everyone becomes curious about dinosaurs! Curious George Goes to a Chocolate Factory:When George and the man with the yellow hat stop to shop at a chocolate factory store, George becomes curious about how chocolates are made. Though he begins to follow the factory tour, George is soon off on his own to investigate...Curious George stars in his own movie! Featuring the vocal talents of Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore, the full-length animated adventure hits UK cinemas on 26 May 2006. To visit the official film website, click here About the Author:Margret Elizabeth Rey (born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein; May 16, 1906 – December 21, 1996) was a German-born American writer and illustrator, best known for the Curious George series of children's picture books that she and her husband H. A. Rey created from 1939 to 1966.Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein was born on May 16, 1906, in Hamburg, German Empire, the daughter of Gertrude (Rosenfeld) and Felix Waldstein. Her father was a member of the Reichstag. She studied art at Bauhaus in Dessau, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and the University of Munich between 1926 and 1928 and afterward worked in advertising. In 1935 she left Germany for Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil to escape Nazism (Nazi Germany) – and to meet Hans Reyersbach, a salesman and another German Jew from Hamburg, who had been a family friend. They married in 1935 and moved to Paris, France, in 1936.