内容简介
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. For readers, comparing the originals - hat for hat and grin for grin - against their published counterparts will be intriguing and a great deal of fun. Now all of George's millions of friends can experience what only a few people have ever seen: George "in the act of becoming himself." Throughout their lives the Reys created many lively titles together, but it is their incorrigible little monkey Curious George who has become an American icon, selling millions of books and capturing the hearts of readers everywhere. The curiosity of a newly captured monkey gets him into continual trouble.
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.
精彩书评
As the introduction explains, the watercolor paintings that accompany this special edition of the very first Curious George story made their way out of Paris on the back of Hans Rey's bicycle, as he and his wife, Margaret, narrowly escaped the German occupation. By way of Spain and Brazil, Rey and his work came to the United States, where cash-strapped children's publishers always required "color separation" art--i.e., a different drawing for each color. So Rey's watercolors were not used, and for subsequent books he never even did them; only now, for the first time, has that first set been used directly. Otherwise, it's the story you probably already know, though a bit more luxuriously produced, about how Curious George came to make life a lot more interesting for the Man in the Yellow Hat. (Ages 3 to 8) --Richard Farr
前言/序言
The Original Curious George [精装] [5岁及以上] 电子书 下载 mobi epub pdf txt
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这书好贵,等了好久,乘活动时一口气囤了好多书,每次都是忍不住买买买,好歹开卷有益,慢慢看。
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朋友推荐的,很好的书,趁活动赶紧入
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书很好,先囤起来!现在孩子还看不懂,等学一年英语再看吧。
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顶焦度计福建反馈反馈的肯定可口的咖啡咖啡
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因为小孩生肖是猴,所以一直想购买一本以猴为主角的绘本,选了很久,最终选择了这一本,不过,美中不足的事这一本太厚了,大人拿着都感觉厚实,而且没有光盘,音频也没能够顺利下载,给后来人一个参考吧……不过,书的质量很好,毕竟价格在那里!
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猴子的大合集,活动入手非常划算。虽然画风稍微有点老,但故事还是挺有趣的。
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购物首选京东哈。跟着群友京东剁手。碰到活动超级划算。
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很好的书终于等到书了,400页很不错!!值得买
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包子曰:买书不是为了看书,是一种情怀,是一种信仰。所以,明知看不完,还要继续买!