Curious George Harvest Hoedown

In this new 8x8 based on the Emmy Award-winning PBS show, Curious George, the man with the yellow hat can't wait to join the Uptown Bluegrass Band for a good old-fashioned country hoedown.

When George accidentally ruins the man's guitar while trying to clean it, George and Allie decide to make a new guitar!

With a shoestring, rubber band, fishing wire, and yoyo, George and Allie's creation has a truly unique sound!

Bonus activities help reinforce the concepts in the story, including instructions for building your very own homemade string instrument! AGES: 4 to 7 AUTHOR: Hans Augusto Rey was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1898.

As a child, he spent much of his free time in that city's famous Hagenbeck Zoo drawing animals.

After serving in the army during World War I, he married Margret Rey and they moved to Montmartre for four years.

The manuscript for the first Curious George books was one of the few items the Reys carried with them on their bicycles when they escaped from Paris in 1940.

Eventually, they made their way to the United States, and Curious George was published in 1941.

Curious George has been published in numerous languages. And many, many Curious George books have followed.