This board bood and CD package introduces its young audienceto the joy of music, rhythm, and dance. With one page of guidelineson how to best share the words and music with babies and fourspreads of rhyming text celebrating the joy of music and movement,this is a perfect gift for expectant and new parents.

This board book, for ages 0-2, will match the trim size ofCurious Baby Counting. The cd will include the following classicalmusic selections: Mozart's Quartet in F Major, in three movements,and Bach's Quartet in E-flat Major, in two movements. (Totallistening time: 25 minutes)

As with all the Curious Baby Curious George offerings, this titleincorporates the following themes: a baby-friendly format, asophisticated color and pattern-driven design, high qualitymaterials, simple visual content, and of course, everyone'sfavorite monkey--Curious George!

Hans Augusto Rey was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1898. As achild, he spent much of his free time in that city's famousHagenbeck Zoo drawing animals. After serving in the army duringWorld War I, he studied philology and natural science at theUniversity of Hamburg. He then married Margret Rey and they movedto Montmartre for four years. The manuscript for the first CuriousGeorge books was one of the few items the Reys carried with them ontheir bicycles when they escaped from Paris in 1940. Eventually,they made their way to the United States, and Curious George waspublished in 1941. Curious George has been published in manylanguages, including French, German, Japanese, Afrikaans, andNorwegian. Additional Curious George books followed, as well assuch other favorites as CECILY G. AND THE NINE MONKEYS and FIND THECONSTELLATIONS.