This adorable padded board book follows George and his belovedteddy as they adventure together. The sweet and engaging storyencourages babies to follow along and discover all of George’sfavorite things—from soft, warm blankets to fresh bananas to hisyellow duckie. At the end they will discover George’s most favoritething of all!

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.