H. A. Rey - Curious George Goes to the Beach

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Margret & H.A. Rey's Curious George Goes to the Beach Illustrated in the style of H. A. Rey by Vipah Interactive Houghton Mifflin Company Boston

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Copyright 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Company Based on the character of Curious George, created by Margret and H. A. Becker, D. Becker, D.

Fakkel,
M. Jensen, C. Yu. 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. The text of this book is set in 17-pt.

Adobe Garamond.
The illustrations are watercolor and charcoal pencil, reproduced in full color. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Curious George goes to the beach / illustrated in the style of H. A. Rey by Vipah Interactive,
p. cm.
Based on the original character by Margret & H. A.

Rey.
Summary: Curious George has fun feeding the sea gulls at the beach and then saves the day
when he rescues a picnic basket and helps his friend overcome her fear of the water.
RNF ISBN 0-395-97834-3 PAP ISBN 0-395-97838-6 PABRD ISBN 0-395-97846-7
[1. Monkeys Fiction. 2. Beaches Fiction.] I. Rey, Margret. Rey, H. A. (Hans Augusto),
1898-1977. III. III.

Vipah Interactive. IV. Title: Margret and H. A. Rey's Curious George
goes to the beach. V.

Title: Curious George goes to the beach.
PZ7.C921642 1999
[E]dc21 99-31534 CIP Printed in Singapore
TWP 20 19 This is George. He lived with his friend, the man with the yellow hat. He was a good little monkey and always very curious. Today the man had a surprise for George. He took George to the beach. "Look, Betsy," her grandmother said, "It's Curious George!" But Betsy did not even smile. "Look, Betsy," her grandmother said, "It's Curious George!" But Betsy did not even smile.

She had never been in the ocean before. She was scared. "I know you're a good swimmer," the man told her. "You'll be fine once you get in the water." Feeling better, Betsy walked toward the shore with her grandmother. George helped spread the beach blanket and set aside their lunch. It was time to play! In no time George was having fun. It was time to play! In no time George was having fun.

He learned a new game, he dug in the sand, and he made a new friend (monkeys are good at making friends). When he took a break, George watched the lifeguard. The lifeguard sat in a special chair. Sometimes he blew a whistle. And sometimes he looked through binoculars. It looked like fun to be a lifeguard.

George was curious. Could he be a lifeguard? Before long, the lifeguard took a break. Here was George's chance! Watching the crowd from up in the special chair, George felt just like a lifeguard. He looked through the binoculars. There was a lot to see at the beach. He saw sea gulls flying high above, and he saw Betsy on the shore below.

She still had not been in the water. Then the lifeguard saw George. "Hey," he yelled. "That's no place for a monkey!" George thought it was a fine place for a monkey, but he did not want to cause trouble. So he climbed down. Back at the beach blanket, George was hungry for a snack.

No one would miss just one cracker, thought George. He took one out and put it on a napkin. It looked good! Now, if only he had some cheese.... Uh-oh. What happened to his cracker? Well, he would just have to get a new one. George found another cracker, then turned back around.

But now his cheese was gone! Who could be taking his snacks? George was curious. He put down his cracker and waited. Now George saw who was taking his treats. It was a sea gulland he was still hungry! George took out another cracker, and the bird took it right out of his hand! What fun to feed a sea gull! George saw more sea gulls down by the water. Betsy was there, too. George was curiouscould those sea gulls be hungry? Indeed, they WERE hungry! Soon a whole flock had gathered.

George could not feed them fast enough. Luckily, Betsy was glad to help. Out of the basket came more crackers, cookies, a cakeand even the bread for sandwiches. Still the birds were hungry. But when George reached for more snacks, the basket was gone! He and Betsy were having so much fun, they didn't notice the tide coming in.... They didn't notice the picnic basket was floating out to sea.

George felt badhe hadn't meant to lose the basket. Could there be a way to catch it? George thought and thought.

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