Curious George's creators, Hans Augusto and Margret Rey, were German Jews living in Paris when Nazis invaded in 1940. They fled on bicycles with the manuscript for Curious George in their bags, hours before Paris fell, eventually reaching the US via Spain and Brazil.
There is a theory that it was their own lifestyle that motivated writing about a monkey who was always running to the next thing.
Not only did it offer the sweet insight about The Man in the Yellow Hat, it also really pulled me right into the story. Minimalist burst of reconnection to an icon of my childhood, while resonating with life as an abba in E"Y. Sweet!
Curious George's creators, Hans Augusto and Margret Rey, were German Jews living in Paris when Nazis invaded in 1940. They fled on bicycles with the manuscript for Curious George in their bags, hours before Paris fell, eventually reaching the US via Spain and Brazil.
There is a theory that it was their own lifestyle that motivated writing about a monkey who was always running to the next thing.
Wow, I had no idea.
Fascinating
This is great!!
Thanks for your help formulating the idea
Thank you!!!!!
This was a great note.
Not only did it offer the sweet insight about The Man in the Yellow Hat, it also really pulled me right into the story. Minimalist burst of reconnection to an icon of my childhood, while resonating with life as an abba in E"Y. Sweet!