Many of us are familiar with the children’s stories about the monkey known as Curious George.  Perhaps you read them yourself, or read them to your children or grandchildren.  Less familiar is the survival angle described in the little book The Journey That Saved Curious George, by Louise Borden.

The authors of those Curious George  stories, as well as numerous other children’s stories, are Hans and Margaret Rey, who escaped German occupied France in 1940 in order to come to America.  The Journey That Saved Curious George is the children's book that tells their story.

To get to the train that would take them out of France, the Reys rode bicycles out of Paris for many miles.  In fact, since bicycles were sold out, Hanse had to put together their bikes from parts at a bicycle shop.  While most of their travels were by train and ship, those bikes were an essential part of their escape from certain persecution as Jews who were originally from Germany.

            The book is an easy read with plenty of illustrations.  It’s one your children will enjoy reading.  They need to know it’s a true story and that such things really do happen in our world.  Though it happened decades ago, it’s a good idea to plant seeds in young—or older—minds, in case one day circumstances make it necessary to flee for survival.

            To order your own copy of The Journey that Saved Curious George, click on the logo below to be taken to the Amazon page about the book.  You don’t have to be a child to appreciate The Journey That Saved Curious George.  You simply have to ask yourself what you would do if you had to take flight, and then be willing to exercise any available option.