Curious George gets carried away—literally!—when a kite takes him for a ride in this classic illustrated children’s book for beginning readers. When George uses a string to help get a baby bunny back to its mother, he learns how string can be used for all sorts of things—like fishing or flying kites. But when Bill’s kite flies away with George attached, it will take the man in the yellow hat to get George back on solid ground. This classic Curious George adventure is told in a simplified text suitable for first-graders to read themselves.

George's adventures with bunnies, fishing poles, and a powerful kite are told in a simplified text suitable for first-graders to read themselves.

After repeatedly disastrous efforts to get himself out of trouble, George ends up being the first monkey in space.

Readers learn the alphabet along with George as the man in the yellow hat teaches the curious monkey how to read.