This is the story of the Reys and their escape from their home in Paris during the Nazi invasion during World War II. Escaping on bicycles, they managed to save the manuscript for The Adventures of Curious George among their few possessions.
I had no idea the story behind Curious George and the narrow escape of the Rey's , who were Jews, from the Nazi invasion of France, and their eventual immigration to the United States. But even their story before World War II was interesting and filled with adventures, including a pet monkey that was the inspiration for George. The book is filled with both photographs from the Rey's collection and colorful illustrations from Allan Drummond, the illustrator of this non-fiction book, that compliments the Rey's illustrations of their many children's books.
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