the first curious george book came out in 1939.
the first curious george book came out in 1939.
when did the first curious george book come out?
1939
sometimes dubbed the "original adventures", these original seven titles are completely by the series creators, margret & h. a. rey.









































bullet::::- "curious george" (1941)









































bullet::::- "curious george takes a job" (1947)









































bullet::::- "curious george rides a bike" (1952)









































bullet::::- "curious george gets a medal" (1957)









































bullet::::- "curious george flies a kite" (1958)









































bullet::::- "curious george learns the alphabet" (1963)









































bullet::::- "curious george goes to the hospital" (1966)









































before appearing in his own series, curious george appeared as a character in another children's book written and illustrated by h. a. rey, "cecily g. and the nine monkeys" (1939).
curious george
the reys' odyssey took them to bayonne, france, where they were issued life-saving visas signed by vice-consul manuel vieira braga (following instructions from aristides de sousa mendes) on june 20, 1940. they crossed the spanish border, where they bought train tickets to lisbon. from there they returned to brazil, where they had met five years earlier, but this time they continued to new york. the reys escaped europe carrying the manuscript to the first curious george book, which was published in new york by houghton mifflin in 1941. hans and margret originally planned to use watercolor illustrations, but since they were responsible for the color separation, he changed these to the cartoon-like images that continue to be featured in each of the books. (a collector's edition with the original watercolors has since been released.)
h. a. rey