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Curious George is likely a large part of the history of some who were raised during its popularity. This series of books was written by Margret Rey and Hans Augusto Rey. These books featured a monkey who was innately curious about his surroundings. The monkey known as George, was brought from his home in Africa to reside in the city with The Man with The Yellow Hat, as he was ever known. As George learns his new surroundings he also plunges The Man with The Yellow Hat into many adventures, some humorous and some quite frustrating.
The history behind the Curious George series was a bit difficult. The writers having fled Paris in 1940 carrying nothing but their Curious George manuscripts with them first had an issue with the accreditation of their book. At first only Hans Rey was given credit for the work due to the large number of children's books that were authored by women. However eventually, the books were also credited to both Reys by giving Hans the credit for the illustrations while Margret gained credit for the writing.
The Reys history included the publication of many other books as well, but the series about Curious George certainly topped the charts on the popularity of all publications created by the Reys. This series is almost continually re-edited in the six decades it has been popular. Currently, the publisher of the Curious George series is Houghton Mifflin of Boston Massachusetts.
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