Curious George Flies a Kite好奇猴乔治放风筝 9780395259375

【乔治是谁？】

猴子都是好奇的，小猴子乔治更是如此！好奇猴乔治图画故事书，从1941年在美国“最具戏剧性”的图画故事作家Hans Augusto 和他的妻子Margret的笔下诞生以来，成为美国家喻户晓的经典图画故事书，并被陆续翻译成14种语言风靡世界。

【获奖记录】

l  美国学校图书馆期刊【儿童精选奖】最佳绘本 Best Picture Book by the Children’s Choice Award held by School Library Journal

l  美国图书馆协会荣誉推荐 Notable Book by the American Library Association

l  路易斯-卡洛书架奖获奖绘本 Lewis Carrol Shelf Award

【孩子们为什么喜欢？】

黑黑的眼睛，开心的神情，跃跃欲试的动作——好奇心盛的乔治是孩子们的化身，他的幽默是儿童式的幽默，他的冒险故事展现的是孩子们天马行空的想象力。每次在“黄帽子”先生嘱咐小乔治一定不要怎样怎样之后，小乔治都会惹出麻烦；不过，那些小小的教训从不会让他气馁，他不停地探索世界上的新鲜事儿。好奇猴的作者Hans Augusto说，“我知道我孩提时代喜欢的是什么，所以我不会创作任何一本我作为小孩子就不会喜欢的书。”

【原版典藏】

l  水彩原稿：《好奇猴乔治》故事的原稿是水彩画稿。由于当时的印刷水平有限，出版商把原稿搁在一边，用作者手稿分为四色重绘。直到1989年，在作者去世12年后，印刷技术日新月异，Houghton Mifflin才出版了所有的水彩画稿。这比后期出版的卡通版，更具有艺术价值。

l  英文原文：本书是Hans Augusto Rey和Margret Rey共同创作；有时Margret写故事，Hans负责绘画，但由于当时出版界轻视女性，许多作品没有署Margret的名字。

 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.

一天，“黄帽子”先生出门了，他嘱咐乔治在家玩球。不过好奇的乔治总归给自己找到理由出门“历险”了：他和小兔子玩耍，险些把小兔子弄丢了；他去看胖先生钓鱼，差点儿掉到河里；他帮小男孩从树上解下风筝，却在放风筝的时候被风筝带到了天上。幸亏“黄帽子”先生及时赶到，开着直升机救下了他……

One day the man with the yellow hat had to go out. He told Curious George to stay in and play with the ball. Of course, George found a reason to go out and have a little adventure. He played with a baby bunny, almost got in trouble when he lost him, but he came up scheme to get him back. He saw a fat man go fishing, tried it too and fell in the lake. He helped a boy get a kite out of a tree, then tried to fly the kite himself. The wind came up and all of a sudden Curious George was carried aloft, holding onto the kite string for dear life. Fortunately the yellow hat man came home, got a helicopter and was able to save Curious George so that he could live happily ever after with his new baby bunny pet.

George's adventures with bunnies, fishing poles, and a powerful kite are told in a simplified text suitable for first-graders to read themselves.

Hans Augusto Rey于1898年9月16日出生于德国汉堡，在世界知名的哈根贝克动物园附近长大。他非常喜欢动物和动物绘画。Margret 也出生在汉堡，于1935年与Hans结婚，并移居巴黎。那时的欧洲动荡不安，两人都是犹太人，处于纳粹横行的危险中。他们意识到，必须赶在纳粹进驻之前逃走，于是在1940年6月14日骑脚踏车奔往西班牙，然后转乘火车前往巴西，最后去往纽约，展开全新生活，开始童书创作。在他们离开巴黎几小时后，纳粹占领了巴黎。作者的生活也像好奇猴乔治一样，贴近动物而且充满冒险。