Happy Thanksgiving Curious George

Today is Thanksgiving and George is so excited! He loves everything about the holiday—from the parade with music, jugglers, and big balloons to the delicious turkey shared with family and friends. But even on Thanksgiving the curious little monkey manages to stir up some trouble! Follow George through his Thanksgiving adventures with the short poems in this ebook.

George and Steve accidentally eat all of Betsy's honeycomb for her Earth Day presentation about bees and resolve to find a way to replace the honeycomb before Betsy returns from dance class.

Curious George celebrates a lucky St. Patrick's Day with neighbors and friends.

Biscuit has so much to be thankful for on his first Thanksgiving. How will he and the little girl spend this special day?

In 1940, Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey built two bikes, packed what they could, and fled wartime Paris. Among the possessions they escaped with was a manuscript that would later become one of the most celebrated books in children’s literature—Curious George. Since his debut in 1941, the mischievous icon has only grown in popularity. After being captured in Africa by the Man in the Yellow Hat and taken to live in the big city’s zoo, Curious George became a symbol of curiosity, adventure, and exploration. In Curious about George: Curious George, Cultural Icons, Colonialism, and US Exceptionalism, author Rae Lynn Schwartz-DuPre argues that the beloved character also performs within a narrative of racism, colonialism, and heroism. Using theories of colonial and rhetorical studies to explain why cultural icons like Curious George are able to avoid criticism, Schwartz-DuPre investigates the ways these characters operate as capacious figures, embodying and circulating the narratives that construct them, and effectively argues that discourses about George provide a rich training ground for children to learn US citizenship and become innocent supporters of colonial American exceptionalism. By drawing on postcolonial theory, children’s criticisms, science and technology studies, and nostalgia, Schwartz-DuPre’s critical reading explains the dismissal of the monkey’s 1941 abduction from Africa and enslavement in the US, described in the first book, by illuminating two powerful roles he currently holds: essential STEM ambassador at a time when science and technology is central to global competitiveness and as a World War II refugee who offers a “deficient” version of the Holocaust while performing model US immigrant. Curious George’s twin heroic roles highlight racist science and an Americanized Holocaust narrative. By situating George as a representation of enslaved Africans and Holocaust refugees, Curious about George illuminates the danger of contemporary zero-sum identity politics, the colonization of marginalized identities, and racist knowledge production. Importantly, it demonstrates the ways in which popular culture can be harnessed both to promote colonial benevolence and to present possibilities for resistance.

Will Curious George ever wind down enough to turn into Sleepyhead George? Find out with Read Aloud audio! There is so much to do at bedtime: cleaning up, taking a bath, telling stories, playing peek-a-boo, and more. But a sleepy time routine is just what George needs to wake up with enough energy to play with his toys and friends and embark on new adventures! The audio for this Read-Aloud ebook was produced and engineered by Perry Geyer at Cybersound Recording Studios (349 Newbury St., Ste. 201, Boston, MA 02115). Music theme composed by Cybersound Studios (Perry Geyer, Silvio Amato, Michael Africk, Greg Hawkes). Engineers: Perry Geyer (music production and sound design), Rob Whitaker (editing and mixing engineer), Samuel Creager (editing, sound design, and mixing engineer), Marcus Clark, Corey Rupp. Assistant engineers: Dave Chapman, Mike Pekarski, Justin Sheriff, Daniel Wrigley, Andrew Sardinha, Mami Ienaga, Kevin Notar, Maria Goulamhoussen. Sheridan Willard, John Huang, John Schmidt. Voiceover by Joyce Kulhawik

It's that time of the year again when families get together to celebrate, laugh, enjoy, and bond over yummy food! So, come along with us and relish the magic of these Thanksgiving classics for a wholesome holiday mood:_x000D_ An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving (Louisa May Alcott)_x000D_ Aunt Susanna's Thanksgiving Dinner (Lucy Maud Montgomery)_x000D_ The Genesis of the Doughnut Club (Lucy Maud Montgomery)_x000D_ An English Dinner of Thanksgiving (George Eliot)_x000D_ The Night before Thanksgiving (Sarah Orne Jewett)_x000D_ A Mystery in the Kitchen (Olive Thorne Miller)_x000D_ Millionaire Mike's Thanksgiving (Eleanor H. Porter)_x000D_ Ezra's Thanksgivin' Out West (Eugene Field)_x000D_ John Inglefield's Thanksgiving (Nathaniel Hawthorne)_x000D_ Helen's Thanksgiving (Susan Coolidge)_x000D_ Thanksgiving at the Polls (Edward Everett Hale)_x000D_ The Thanksgiving of the Wazir (Andrew Lang)_x000D_ The Master of the Harvest (Mrs. Alfred Gatty)_x000D_ How We Kept Thanksgiving at Oldtown (Harriet Beecher Stowe)_x000D_ A Turkey for the Stuffing (Katherine Grace Hulbert)_x000D_ Mrs. November's Party (Agnes Carr)_x000D_ The Debut of Dan'l Webster (Isabel Gordon Curtis)_x000D_ The Two Alms, or the Thanksgiving Day Gift (Eleanor L. Skinner)_x000D_ The Kingdom of the Greedy (P. J. Stahl)_x000D_ Thankful (Mary E. Wilkins Freeman)_x000D_ Thanksgiving at Todd's Asylum (Winthrop Packard)_x000D_ Wishbone Valley (R. K. Munkittrick)_x000D_ Patem's Salmagundi (E. S. Brooks)_x000D_ Miss November's Dinner Party (Agnes Carr)_x000D_ The Visit (Maud Lindsay)_x000D_ The Story of Ruth and Naomi (Bible)_x000D_ Bert's Thanksgiving (J. T. Trowbridge)_x000D_ A Thanksgiving Story (Miss L. B. Pingree)_x000D_ How Obadiah Brought About a Thanksgiving (Emily Hewitt Leland)_x000D_ The White Turkey's Wing (Sophie Swett)_x000D_ The Thanksgiving Goose (Fannie Wilder Brown)_x000D_ A Novel Postman (Alice Wheildon)_x000D_ Chip's Thanksgiving (Annie Hamilton Donnell)_x000D_ A Thanksgiving Dinner (Edna Payson Brett)_x000D_ Two Old Boys (Pauline Shackleford Colyar)_x000D_ A Thanksgiving Dinner That Flew Away (Hezekiah Butterworth)_x000D_ Mon-daw-min (H. R. Schoolcraft)_x000D_ Who Ate the Dolly's Dinner? (Isabel Gordon Curtis)_x000D_ An Old-fashioned Thanksgiving (Rose Terry Cooke)

When a big snowstorm endangers Bill's newspaper delivery business, his monkey friend George helps him distribute the papers using a tobaggan and wind power.