Curious George: 75th Anniversary Edition

makes a great gift

A super cute story and book that will entertain as well as inform.

My Husbands Childhood Favorite Curious George Book. He had to get this for our grandsons Christmas book now that he turned six. My husband was delighted to share his memories with his grandson.

This was a nostalgic gift for my wife, it was a favorite from her childhood. It arrived quickly. The dust cover was bent slightly on the bottom of the front from just being in an Amazon cardboard box but she was so happy to have it.

I wrote this because I was really floored by the content of the negative reviews for Curious George. I am Gen X and loved all the original Curious George books and remember them well. I am extremely sensitive and I love animals, but the stories didn't have any negative effect on me. Some reviewers feel they aren't good for today's kids, or have said their children reacted badly to them. I don't really agree with those who say "It's just a children's book." Children are very impressionable, it's true. But to what degree are we to control those impressions? Probably more than our grandparents or maybe even parents did, but definitely less than this generation of parents is doing. There is a balance without which we're crippling our kids. Re: pipe smoking - I certainly never noticed the smoking in the book or thought that because people in it (or any other book/movie) were doing it I should too. I 'smoked' candy cigarettes as a kid in the '70s, yet I have never had a desire to smoke. I also have never wanted to fly off a boat, be in a movie, or a hundred other things George does. And a main message of all the books is one of the main things children must learn: try to control your impulses because they can lead to trouble. Don't act without thinking. Don't try to fly off a boat because you will almost drown like George did! If you eat a puzzle piece you might have to go to the hospital like George did! Etc. Another but equally important message is that even when you do get into 'mischief' people will still love you (and will not abandon you, as the man in the yellow hat does in the 2006 animated movie Curious George). Re: George's capture - If you don't like George's capture but let your kids go to the zoo, that's hypocritical. I hope you are instead telling them how wrong the zoo is (at least, the ones who acquire animals inhumanely; there's actually a list that you can reference) because they do worse things to capture animals than what happened to George. (Google "Animal Capture Equipment.") And to those who equate the prison and the zoo, just look at the two illustrations: A dark cell with a bit of cheese, vs. a tree in the middle of a sunny open island, not a cage? I wish all zoos kept all their monkeys this way. Anyway, it's clear from the later stories that George doesn't stay at the zoo for long. He goes to live with the MWTYH. I agree sending George to jail doesn't make any sense; nor does sending him to a human hospital rather than a vet. But, such is the realm of fiction. I always enjoyed reading about how he escaped from the jail. And in fact the Jewish authors fled Europe at the outbreak of WWII. My 2.5 yr old daughter really likes the book and also the stop-motion animated versions of "Curious George" and "CG Goes to the Hospital" in a set called Curious George Collector's Edition, which follow the books very closely. (They had George's pipe smoking done behind the man's back and it makes him sick. Good way to handle that scene.) She is very empathetic also and didn't react badly to anything in either story. Incidentally my family liked that stop-motion video WAY better than the 2006 animated movie.

Got it as a gift fast shipping well packaged in perfect shape

I bought this book for my grown son who loved Curious George as a small boy. I paired it with the "Journey That Saved Curious George." My son will enjoy the thought. He always checked out a Curious George book from school to the point that I told him I wouldn't read any more until he checked out some other books. We still laugh about it.

This is a must have for kids! This edition is great, the illustrations are beautifully colored and the binding is strong. Love reading this story with my kids!

Too expensive for product received.

I loved this book as a child and was very happy to be able to buy it for my cousin's new baby. A classic.