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Summary: skip this remake and buy the original
Review: every story in this book has been made with the same storyline. The original fun and creativity is gone.My opinion - if you want good original George, buy the original, this is rehash which can be great for the very young, but my daughter and I have quickly gotten bored with this
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Summary: Great book for the little ones
Review: I have to respectfully disagree with the preceding reviews. This book is great! My 3 year can't get enough. The art is outstanding and the stories are fun. One of the simple facts of parenthood is that you will end up reading the same books hundreds of times. They might as well be Curious George books.
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Summary: Some Of Curious George's Most Exciting Adventures Yet!
Review: I simply cannot understand why people are giving this book a hard time. Yes it is true that the stories & pictures contained in this wonderful collection were not actually written and drawn by the Reys, but who really cares? This book stays true to the Curious George tradition. In fact, if it wasn't stated in the book, you might otherwise never have noticed. The stories are humorous, fun, exciting, suspenseful and always have a happy ending. The adventures George gets into in this series are more applicable to kids today. Although it is fun to see George get sent into space, a child simply can't relate to that. However, I don't think there is one of us who can't empathize with the excitement of going to a movie or the fun or playing with puppies. The bottom line is that you could nitpick the details of it, but if you don't like this fabulous collection, then you don't deserve to call yourself a true Curious George fan.
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Summary: Some Of Curious George's Most Exciting Adventures Yet!
Review: I simply cannot understand why people are giving this book a hard time. Yes it is true that the stories & pictures contained in this wonderful collection were not actually written and drawn by the Reys, but who really cares? This book stays true to the Curious George tradition. In fact, if it wasn't stated in the book, you might otherwise never have noticed. The stories are humorous, fun, exciting, suspenseful and always have a happy ending. The adventures George gets into in this series are more applicable to kids today. Although it is fun to see George get sent into space, a child simply can't relate to that. However, I don't think there is one of us who can't empathize with the excitement of going to a movie or the fun or playing with puppies. The bottom line is that you could nitpick the details of it, but if you don't like this fabulous collection, then you don't deserve to call yourself a true Curious George fan.
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Summary: Formulaic, formulaic
Review: Milking a cash cow is an old story in the publishing industry, but this collection of "new" Curious George stories represents a new low. One gets the distinct impression from the book that the stories, at least, are by the original authors (although that is never actually stated). But reading the stories themselves reveals a formulaic approach to the material that is the worst sort of homage. Every episode starts the same way, and ends the same way. The man with the Yellow Hat takes George somewhere interesting, leaves him alone for a moment, George gets in trouble, and things work out for the best. This is precisely the problem with someone other than the original author trying to resurrect a dead character for profit - it becomes a mechanical rather than creative effort. It is too bad that the work of the obviously talented illustration team from Vipah Interactive (sounds like the pix were done by computer, though this is not the case) weren't put to better use. Shame on you, Houghton Mifflin!
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Summary: Great children's book
Review: My three kids could listen to these stories over and over again!
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Summary: I love George!
Review: Wonderful fun for kids of all ages.
We used the illustrations for making t-shirts for our running team in a fund raising event. Then gave the book to a young mom. Everybody loves Curious George! This is what they mean when they say "its a classic". Classic charm to last your lifetime. That's George!
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