Curious George is a fun book to read because it is about a monkey that gets in trouble alot. For example he was playing with the phone and he accidentally called the police.

Every child should grow up reading these classics. Curious George was a staple along with Suess, etc. when we were little and they will be with my kids. Great adventures, great stories.

By the way, it is sickening reading some of these politically correct reviews. What has become of society when people want to ban Curious George????

This is a story about a monkey named Curious George who gets himself captured when he investigates a yellow hat sitting on the ground. The Man in the Yellow Hat takes him away from his jungle, and George gets himself into trouble during his travels to a Spanish zoo. He falls overboard on a ship, accidentally phones the fire department from the Man in the Yellow Hats' home, and is thrown into prison. He eventually escapes from prison and finds the Man in the Yellow Hat, who takes him to the zoo, where he is supposedly very happy.

When I was a boy, my interest in these books was not that strong. The plot is fairly entertaining, and the pictures are very well done, but there's not much to set it apart from other books that have been published in the following decades. I think that the books might be so popular more because they were a pioneer in the field than because they possess any particular intrinsic charm.

In my mind, other books in this series are better written, and reading the plot of this one leaves me a little cold now. George is basically kidnapped from his jungle home, and thrown in prison. The motivations of the Man in the Yellow Hat aren't stated, and I'm not sure why he felt the need to transport George to the zoo, unless there was a profit motive. Also, Rey passes up a chance to educate an American audience about Spain; while the pictures have some European flourishes, the average American child will assume that George is, in fact, in the US.

This is not a bad book, but there are other books out there that do a better job of informing, entertaining, and providing a good example for, children. If, for reasons of sentimentality or tradition, you don't feel right about depriving your child of this cultural icon, I would get a different book in the series.

H.A. Ray's first book, Curious George receives a bedazzling 9/10 stars. The storyline or plot was one that I would have expected from an accomplished author such as John Grisham, or Clancy. H.A. Ray's illustrations are part of what makes this book so great. He definitely makes George (the monkey) look both real and curious at the same time. This funny book is recommended for any child between the ages of five and nine. Since I am saying such wondrous things about this book, you may be wondering, why it received 9 stars. Well the answer is that it has a page in the book which may put bad ideas into the minds of children. There is a page, where George smokes a pipe. But other than that, it was a great book.

This book is about a curious monkey, stolen from Africa by a man in a big yellow hat. The man calls him "George". George was filled with curiosity. Immediately, he expresses his curiosity by thinking he can fly, and jumping off a boat. Later, he sees a man dialing numbers on a phone, George must try it. So when he dials, he dials the number 911 and accidentally calls the Fire Department. And as we all thought that that was enough, the author puts a dazzling twist in there, and he puts George in jail. When finally George escapes, he finds a man selling balloons, he must have one. So he grabs a few, and up he goes with the balloons. See, now that was only the part about curiosity, imagine how funny the whole book would be!

H.A. Ray's style in making this book was kind of cartoon-like. His illustrations greatly resemble that in a newspaper. His choice of words greatly resembles that in a newspaper cartoon. The comedy in this book greatly resembles that in a newspaper cartoon. But, even a cartoonist can put a moral into a story. The moral in this particular story was to be curious, but not too curious. Because after all, Curiosity killed the cat.

Our family loves Curious George, but this book is absolutely horrible. It is a relic from an earlier world. The man captures George, puts him in a sack and takes him off to put him in a zoo. George smokes, as do a lot of other people in the book. Try to explain to a 2 or 3 year old why George is having a nice smoke before bed. Or try to explain why the man has captured George, stuffed him in a sack and taken him to live in a zoo. Other Curious George books are really great - we love the ones where he gets a bike, goes to the beach, goes to a Halloween party and goes to the pizzaria. However, the only way we can look at this one is after I cut out a lot of the pages.