was self-trained Margret was trained at the influential Bauhaus school. Margret was seeking an escape from the political climate in Germany.¹ĥ. Margret and H.A. was working for the family business, selling bathtubs. and Margret met again in Rio De Janeiro in 1935, where H.A. Rey lived near the world-famous Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, instilling in him a love of animals.Ĥ. Rey and his wife, Margret, first introduced the world to the big-hearted, fun-loving troublemaker-hero Curious George in 1941, and young readers have been in love with him ever since. They met briefly in Hamburg when Margret was a young girl, before she went off to school.ģ. Rey, were born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein and Hans Augusto Reyersbach to German Jewish families Hans in 1898 and Margret in 1906.Ģ.
Curious George's creators, Margret and H.A. In honour of Curiosity Day, here are 25 facts about George and the amazing couple who created him.ġ.
Each September, publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt celebrates another year with Curious George by declaring Curiosity Day, which takes place this year on Sept. "This is George." Those three words have been read countless times by parents to generations of children - and they first appeared in print 78 years ago, in 1941.
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