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Curious george visits the library7/8/2023 As Jews, the Reys decided to flee Paris before the Nazis seized the city. Their work was interrupted with the outbreak of World War II. The result, Rafi and the Nine Monkeys, is little remembered today, but one of its characters, an adorably impish monkey named Curious George, was such a success that the couple considered writing a book just about him. While in Paris, Hans's animal drawings came to the attention of French publisher, who commissioned him to write a children's book. They married in 1935 and moved to Paris, France that same year. While there, she met her future husband Hans (who was a salesman and also from Germany). Rey), the co-author and illustrator of children's books, best known for their Curious GeorgeĪlthough she was born in Germany, she fled to Brazil early in her life to escape Nazism. Margret Elizabeth Rey (– December 21, 1996), born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein, was (with her husband H.
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