Curious George

Courtesy of de Grummond Children's Literature Collection/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company - Final illustration for 'This is George. He lived in Africa.'

A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations: interesting article about  the husband-and-wife team of Margret and H.A. Rey, who created Curious George, the little monkey hero of our most famous books," Margret once said, referring to those sacred texts of childhood "Curious George" (since its publication in 1941, it has sold 27 million copies in more than a dozen languages), "Curious George Rides a Bike," "Curious George Flies a Kite" and "Curious George Takes a Job," among others.


A look at some of the drawings by H.A. Rey.

Show will be at The Jewish Museum through Aug. 1