Curious George and Friends: Favorite Stories by Margret and H.A. Rey

Margret Rey, H. A. Rey. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $25 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-618-22610-8

Curious George and Friends: Favorite Stories by Margret and H.A. Rey includes stories about the well-known monkey as well as less familiar characters such as Pretzel, ""the longest dachshund in all the world""; Katy No-Pocket, a kangaroo with an unusual problem; and the long-lost star of White-Black the Penguin Sees the World discovered in 1999 and published posthumously.

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