Picture Book Review: Curious George goes to the Beach

Curious George Goes to the Beach, characters of H.A. Rey and Margret Rey, Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1999.
For me this book marks the end of a journey at least for now.  I have been trying to read all the Curious George Books in the house, and I think this one does it for me.  This book is a bit different.  George doesn't really get into trouble.  He does save the picnic basket; but he had already given all the food to the birds.  Birds are very hungry at the beach, and they always have friends.  Fortunately George has friends who are willing to share their lunch.

Picture Book Review: Curious George and the Puppies

Curious George and the Puppies, based on characters of Margret Rey and H.A. Rey, Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1998.
One place you should not take George to is the shelter, especially when there are puppies around; and you should not tell George to stay by himself while you sign papers, and ask him to not be curious.  It just isn't going to happen.  However, the only good thing is the mother puppy, who gets loose with all the puppies, knows where her missing pup is, she can smell him of course.  So even thought the puppies get out and cause all kinds of problems, they are able to get them back in the cage, and guess what George gets to bring home.  I love Curious George.  Tony and I use to watch all the PBS episodes.

Picture Book review: Curious George at the Parade

Curious George at the Parade, based on Margret and H.A. Rey, Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1999.
George has a way of getting into trouble.  This time at the parade he mistakes a float with a palm tree and coconuts for a snack.  He pulls and pulls, and snap the tree breaks disrupting the parade.  However the other thing Curious George books have in common is somehow George saves the day.  This time he untangles the ropes on some of the big balloons, and ends up riding with the mayor.

Picture Book Review: Curious George's Dream

Curious George's Dream, based on the characters of Margret and H.A. Rey, Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1998.

This is another good book based on the characters of H.A. Rey and Margret Rey.  Again George is a curious monkey, but a good monkey.  In this movie, as the title indicates George has a dream.  He had a sad day at the amusement park because he was too small.  But in his dream George has a miserable time because he is too big.  Too big to hold the bunnies, too big to fit in a roller coaster car, and too big for the Man in the Yellow Hat to hold him.

Picture Book Review: Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon

Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon based on Margret and H.A. Rey, Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1998.
If there is a hot air balloon, you are sure George is gong to end up in it alone somehow.  George didn't intend to take the balloon.  He just wanted to climb the rope.  What monkey can resist climbing a rope?  But the anchor for the rope come loose, and George is on his way.  he gets to see Mount Rushmore close up, and rescues a worker from the nose of President Washington.  Then he isn't alone.  And because George rescued someone, the balloon's owner isn't too angry, even through he missed the race.

Picture Book Review: Curious George in the Snow

Curious George in the Snow, based on work of H.A. Rey and Margret Rey, Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1998.  The snow, and a hillside do not mix well with our good little monkey.  First he takes off down the hill bob sled, and then riding a pizza pan.  Pizza pans go fast, and he takes out a skier racer.  His ski breaks and George lands on it, inventing snow boarding.

Everyone cheers for George, and the skier, who uses his last race to win.

Picture Book Review: Curious George Makes Pancakes

Curious George Makes Pancakes, based on H.A. Rey and Margret Rey, by Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1998.
Curious George knows how to make a pancake breakfast something special.  This is a big fund raiser for the Children's Hospital, and it is a success because no one has seen a monkey making pancakes before, nor have they seen a monkey in the dunking tank.  Because George participates, everyone wants to be involved, and they make more money than ever.

Picture Book Review: Curious George Feeds the Animals

Curious George Feed the Animals, based on stories and pictures of H.A. Rey and Margret Rey, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, (1998)
Curious George is a good monkey; but he doesn't read well.  He goes to the zoo with the Man in the Yellow Hat, but the exhibit they want to see is closed.  George sees the zoo keepers feeding the seals, and want to take his own turn feeding animals.  He was peanuts given him by the Men with the Yellow Hat.  So that is what he does, until a zoo keeper sees him and yells at him.  George hides.  But then the missing parrot swoops down and helps himself to the peanuts.  Just then a zoo keeper catches the bird, and asks George not to feed the animals.  However their is a problem with the tropical cage, where the parrot lives.  Birds are getting out.  George sees the problem, and whole in the netting, and being a monkey, and able to climb, he helps fix the whole, and the tropical exhibit is able to open.  George goes from goat to her.

Picture Book Review: Curious George and the Dump Truck

Curious George and the Dump Truck, Margret and H.A. Rey's, Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1999.
Curious George is a good monkey, but always in trouble.  In this book he gets into the gardner's dump trunk.  They are planting trees in the park, and George unloads their dirt into the lake, which turns out well because it becomes and island for the ducks.

Picture Book Review: Curious George Goes Camping

Curious George Goes Camping, Margret and H.A. Rey style by Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1999.
Here is a new twist on the Curious George theme.  Turns out Curious George isn't much help putting up the tent, so The Man in the Yellow Hat suggest he get a pail of water.  When George pours water on a campfire that people were still using, in things they mad at him, and takes off running.  He hears foot prints behind him, and it isn't until he is deep in the forrest that he realizes he has been running with a deer.  He finds himself with lots of animals, including a black and white kitty, that doesn't want to play.  George is sprayed.  He washes, but still smells, he climbs a tree trying to escape the smell.  It doesn't work, but he sees something important.  He is needed with his pail to pour on a forrest fire.  George agin saves the day, but he still stinks.

Picture Book Review: Curious George Goes to a Movie

Curious George Goes to a Movie, based on pictures of Margret and H.A. Rey by Vipah Interactive, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1998.
This is again a formula Curious George book, Curious George gets into trouble, and then he saves the day.  In this case he wants to see the projectionist, who is so surprised to see a monkey that he knocks the reels off the projector.  George knows a little about making shadow puppets, and saves the day by entertaining the theater goers with shadows, including that of a monkey, until the film is ready to go again.  The artwork for these books is done well taking the original works of H.A. Rey as a guide.