The Journey That Saved Curious George Young Readers Edition: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey
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The Journey That Saved Curious George Young Readers Edition: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey

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The Journey That Saved Curious George Young Readers Edition: The True Wartime Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey

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M**A

Suitable for Sensitive Children

The book was smaller than I expected, but I believe it has more content than many larger books. Borden certainly did her research, and she added a section at the end where she compares research to being a detective. This is a great way to educate and inspire children intellectually.The story is told with a vocabulary that children can understand while adults will still find it a good read. Borden included quite a number of drawings and photographs by the Rey's .She explains in an epilogue that she didn't write about the Holocaust for several good reasons:1. It had nothing to do with the Rey's journey.2. Very few people who didn't live near the camps actually knew what was going on at that time, and many didn't believe it.3. She wanted children to have a small hint of the danger without writing a take which might give them nightmares.She packs a great deal of information into this small book and I learned about several other books they produced.I enjoyed it greatly.

M**K

Great book for all Curious George fans.

A lovely story.

S**O

Georgeの絵本の棚にこれもおこう

Curious George を描いた,H.A.Rey と奥さんの,Margret の伝記です。二人が生まれたところ,出会って,パリの空襲から疎開して,アメリカに渡る話しが書いてあります。表紙は,疎開していくとき,自転車旅行の絵です。二人の写真,そして,Allan Drummonde の素敵な絵がいっぱいです。英語のレベルは,YL 3 程度か思います。George の絵本が読めた人には,なんとか読めるのではないかと思います。

A**S

Wonderful book

This book is written very well and has beautiful illustrations.

A**Y

A Great Story!

Not everyone knows that the drawings of Curious George probably saved the Reys' lives during WWII as they traveled on bicycle from Paris to Spain to escape the Nazi occupation of France. They left Paris on bicycles just days before the German tanks rolled down the streets of Paris. They were Jewish so the few times they were stopped on their way south to Spain, they would show their manuscript of their first Curious George book with the drawings of H.A. and were finally left alone to proceed on their bikes. A wonderful saga for all lovers of Curious George at a middle school reading level. How glad we are that they escaped the Nazis and were finally able to sail to Brazil and then to New York to begin to publish their wonderful Curious George series. By the way, the 1st 7 books in the CG series are the best and anything that H.A. and Margaret Rey did is worth owning! Since their death, many others have written and illustrated Curious George books and there are now hundreds of CG books, a cartoon series but they are trash compared to the "real" thing!

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