Curious George and the Dinosaur [Hardcover]

Margret Rey (Author), H. A. Rey (Author), Alan J. Shalleck (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

While visiting the museum with Jimmy's class, Curious George can't resist climbing onto one of the exhibits. The director of the museum isn't very happy about that, but George sure knows how to make a field trip interesting!

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About the Author

Hans Augusto Rey was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1898. As a child, he spent much of his free time in that city's famous Hagenbeck Zoo drawing animals. After serving in the army during World War I, he studied philology and natural science at the University of Hamburg. He then married Margret Rey and they moved to Montmartre for four years. The manuscript for the first Curious George books was one of the few items the Reys carried with them on their bicycles when they escaped from Paris in 1940. Eventually, they made their way to the United States, and Curious George was published in 1941. Curious George has been published in many languages, including French, German, Japanese, Afrikaans, and Norwegian. Additional Curious George books followed, as well as such other favorites as CECILY G. AND THE NINE MONKEYS and FIND THE CONSTELLATIONS.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 30 pages
• Publisher: HMH Books (October 30, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 039551942X
• ISBN-13: 978-0395519424
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,633,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars lazy storytelling, August 31, 2004

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tamajinn "tamajinn" (West Deptford, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Curious George and the Dinosaur Book & Cassette (Audio Cassette)

There are so many interesting adventures George could have had in a museum, but the authors decided on a worthless plot. George is at a science museum on a class trip with children. The teacher is trying to teach them about rocks and minerals, and the children are all whining about how boring it is. George runs away from the group and climbs all over the skeleton of a dinosaur in a nearby room. He is scolded by a member of the museum staff (as right he should be!!!) but then the class catches up with him and the children are interested in the dinosaur bones. The story suggests that the only reason they are interested is because George is climbing on it! The teacher is grateful that George has found something better to look at than the dull rocks and the museum staff, glad that the children have been spared their boring museum, readily forgive George and hail him as a hero. What a bunch of bologna!!!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not the message you want to give your kids, September 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Curious George and the Dinosaur (Paperback)

This is just not up to the caliber of the original books....The behavior and comments of the children in the story convey themessage that learning is unpleasant and museums are boring - - not themessage I want to give to my children. In addition, George climbs adinosaur fossil and the museum director states that this activity isok, because now the children are not bored by having to be at thedull, old museum. This book was a gift which we have removed from ourbookshelf.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not the best, September 9, 2011

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Grundel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Curious George and the Dinosaur (Kindle Edition)

Worth having, but we all know there are better books from this series. Still if your kids like dinosaurs and George can't go wrong.