Curious George and Friends Margret and H A Rey With an introduction by Margaret Bloy Graham Curious George and Friends Favorite Stories by Margret & H A Rey Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 2003 With appreciation to Lay Lee Ong, Emily West, and Norman West All rights reserved For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, New York 10003 www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com Curious George Copyright © 1941 and © renewed 1969 by Margret E Rey Copyright assigned to Houghton Mifflin Company in 1993 Cecily G and the Monkeys Copyright © 1942 by H A Rey Copyright © renewed 1969 by H A Rey Elizabite: Adventures of a Carnivorous Plant Copyright © 1942 by H A Rey Copyright © renewed 1969 by H A Rey Pretzel Copyright © 1944 by H A Rey Copyright © renewed 1972 by Margret Rey Katy No-Pocket Copyright © 1944 by Houghton Mifflin Company Copyright © renewed 1972 by Emmy Govan West Spotty Copyright © 1945 by H A Rey Copyright © renewed 1973 by Margret Rey Billy's Picture Copyright © 1948 by Margret and H A Rey Copyright © renewed 1976 by Margret and H A Rey Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World Copyright © 2000 by Lay Lee Ong Introduction copyright © 2003 by Margaret Graham Holmes Illustrations in introduction from: Curious George Rides a Bike; the Rey estate, provided by the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg; and Curious George Gets a Medal ISBN 0-618-22610-9 Manufactured in the United States of America DOW 10 Contents Introduction by Margaret Bloy Graham [>] Curious George [>] Cecily G and the Monkeys [>] Elizabite [>] Pretzel [>] Katy No-Pocket written by Emmy Payne [>] Spotty [>] Billy's Picture [>] Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World [>] A Few Notes about Curious George and Friends [>] Memories of the Reys ... champagne and beautiful hors d''oeuvres lovingly made by Hans In Cambridge they had a large house and a small garden; in Waterville Valley, a small house and a large garden Margret was an avid and enthusiastic.. .Curious George and Friends Margret and H A Rey With an introduction by Margaret Bloy Graham Curious George and Friends Favorite Stories by Margret & H A Rey Houghton Mifflin Company Boston... as well as in France and England The Reys lived in Greenwich Village, as I did, and life there was casual and fun Washington Square, where they lived, was a great meeting place, and the Reys knew