Curious George Rides a Bike

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Curious George rides a bike

Curious George goes on one too many adventures in this book. Anyone who has read a Curious George book knows this little monkey is not going to listen to the man in the yellow hat. And even after three years with the monkey the man yellow hat still believes he'll stay out of trouble.

When George ventures off on his new bike, he bound for trouble, even when it isn't his intention. But the issue in the book that bothered me was when he was approached by overly friendly strangers, who promised him many things if he performed for them. Which they then took away from him when he was curious, not once did the author approach the dangers of such a situation.

As a teaching tool of stranger danger it doesn't even scratch the surface of what could happen. Or, what others would feel if someone they loved went missing.

Curious George

I love all the curious George books. Who Doesn't?

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You can't go wrong with Curious George

Remember Curious George? The cute little chimp who always had fun? The story is great, but think about buying the hard cover instead.

A Teachers Point of View

I love using this book with my students (I remember reading Curious George as a child). There are a number of issues that my students and I talk about. We talk about responsibility (it was the newsboys job to deliver the papers...not George's), bicycle safty (George should be wearing a helmet), and stranger danger (George should not have gotten into the truck with the two men. I always make the paper boat with my students. Curious George books have held up for many, many years...I am sure that they will be around for many, many more.

George on the move

In this outing, the Man in the Yellow Hat gets George a bicycle to celebrate their third-year anniversary of living together. Riding the bike in front of their home leads George into a series of adventures that take him further and further from home. He starts off by helping the newspaper boy to deliver papers, and then becomes involved in floating paper boats down a little stream. After his bicycle is damaged in an accident, a traveling circus meets George and allows him to participate in their show for the night. While at the circus, he accidentally feeds an ostrich a bugle, and then redeems himself by tracking down and retrieving an escaped bear cub.

This book is a better than the series opener, and has the added bonus of including fairly detailed instructions on how to make a paper boat out of an old newspaper. The watercolor-style pictures are engaging, and the plot keeps moving along in unpredictable ways that should keep the interest of most children.

While I'm not a huge fan of this series, this is a decent book that should appeal to most kids.