Curious George by H. A. & Margaret Rey (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1941)This is the first book that Margaret and H. A. Rey wrote which starred the the lovable and mischevious monkey that so many of us grew up with.
George originally appeared (his name was Fifi then) in a book the Rey's published while living in Paris in 1939 and which was called Rafi et les 9 Singes. In June 1940 the Reys fled Paris on bicycles ahead of the approaching German army.
By February 1941 they had settled in New York City and had a contract to write four children's books for Houghton Mifflin of Boston. This was the first of those books. All of the Curious George books were a collaboration between the husband and wife team, but until Pretzel in 1944 Margret was not credited as an author on the published books.
In 1958, the Reys constructed a summer cottage in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. That house is now the Curious George Cottage. Like so many others before and since, George summered here in New Hampshire.
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