Margret Rey (1906–1996)
Author of Curious George
About the Author
Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein was born in Hamburg on May 16, 1906. She briefly met her future husband, H. A. Rey, when she was a young girl, but then left for Hamburg to study art. They were reunited in 1935 in Rio de Janeiro, where Rey had gone to escape the political climate in Germany. Margret show more convinced Hans to leave the family business, and soon they were working together on a variety of projects. Hans and Margret were married in Brazil on August 16, 1935, but they soon moved to Paris. It was there that Hans published his first children's book, after a French publisher saw his newspaper cartoons of a giraffe and asked him to expand upon them. Raffy and the Nine Monkeys was the result, and the debuted the mischievous monkey named Curious George. After Raffy and the Nine Monkeys was published, the Reys began a book of Curious George's own. Before the new manuscript could be published, the Reys, both German Jews, found themselves being forced to flee the Nazi occupation. From Lisbon, they made their way to Brazil and on to New York City, where they began a whole new life as children's book authors. Curious George was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1941. All the Curious George books, including the seven original stories by Margret and Hans, have sold over 25 million copies and are so popular that the original story has never been out of print. Margret Rey passed away in 1996, but not before establishing the Curious George Foundation in 1989, which gives money to children and animals. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Disambiguation Notice:
Despite being married, H.A. Rey and Margaret Rey are two different people. Please do not combine their separate author pages. Also, do not combine either Margaret or H.A. with pages that have both their names. Thank you.
Works by Margret Rey
כּייגלה 1 copy
How Many? #11 1 copy
What Does George Like? #8 1 copy
From ABC To XYZ # 12 1 copy
Curious George SNOW # 9 1 copy
Curious George goes sledding 1 copy
Curious George Cloth Book 1 copy
חוני הסקרן הולך לבית חולים 1 copy
Curious George: Snow -Bk 9 1 copy
Associated Works
Curious George Curious About Phonics: Fun, Fun, Fun — some editions — 13 copies
Curious George Curious About Phonics: How Many? — some editions — 10 copies
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- Legal name
- Waldstein, Margarete Elisabeth (birth)
- Birthdate
- 1906-05-16
- Date of death
- 1996-12-21
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Germany (birth)
USA - Birthplace
- Hamburg, Germany
- Place of death
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Places of residence
- Paris, France
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Education
- Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
University of Munich, Germany - Occupations
- children's book author
- Relationships
- Rey, H. A. (husband)
- Disambiguation notice
- Despite being married, H.A. Rey and Margaret Rey are two different people. Please do not combine their separate author pages. Also, do not combine either Margaret or H.A. with pages that have both their names. Thank you.
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The very first book to feature Curious George, this title tells the story of a lonely giraffe who is befriended by George and his eight siblings. This edition includes a 13-page pictorial history of the Reys by Louise Borden. Full color.
"This is George. He lived in Africa. He was a good little monkey, and always very curious."
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- Works
- 147
- Also by
- 11
- Members
- 37,616
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 303
- ISBNs
- 742
- Languages
- 12
- Favorited
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- Touchstones
- 14
- Curious George Takes a Train (2002)
- Curious George Visits a Toy Store (2002)
- Curious George and the Dump Truck (1999)
- Curious George and the Birthday Surprise (2003)
- Curious George Goes Camping (1999)
- Curious George Goes to a Costume Party (2001)
- Curious George Visits the Library (2003)
- Curious George in the Big City (2001)… (more)