The Original Curious George Collectors Edition 好奇猴乔治合集

出版时间：1998-10  出版社：Houghton Mifflin  作者：Rey, H. A.  页数：58  
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内容概要

On June 14, 1940, Hans and Margret Rey fled Paris as the German
army invaded the city. Escaping on bicycles, they took only winter
coats and four picture books strapped to the racks. Among those
books were the watercolors and a rough text for Fifi, later known
to the world as Curious George. However, when Curious George was
actually published in the United States in 1941, these original
watercolors were not used for the printing. Hans Rey was required
by his editor to redraw the entire book, creating preseparated art,
so that costs would be minimal. The Reys retained the original art
and would, on rare occasion, treat carefully chosen friends and
collectors to George as he was first envisioned in Paris those many
years ago. During their lifetimes they parted with only five pieces
of the extraordinary art. For this edition, the original Curious
George drawings have been retrieved and reassembled, using modern
reproductive techniques.

作者简介

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.