Curious George Flies a Kite (Jorge el curioso vuela una cometa)
Categories: Children: Picture and Storybooks
The Reys’ beginning reader Curious George Flies a Kite is now available as a Spanish/English bilingual edition. This is the first time this classic story has been translated to Spanish. When Curious George makes some cute bunny friends, one of the babies gets away! George uses a string to help get the bunny back to its mother, and discovers that strings can also be used for fishing and flying kites. But when Bill’s kite flies away—with George attached—it will take the man with the yellow hat to get George back on solid ground. This edition features both English and Spanish text set in two different colors for ease of reading.
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.