一天，“黄帽子”先生出门了，他嘱咐乔治在家玩球。不过好奇的乔治总归给自己找到理由出门“历险”了：他和小兔子玩耍，险些把小兔子弄丢了；他去看胖先生钓鱼，差点儿掉到河里；他帮小男孩从树上解下风筝，却在放风筝的时候被风筝带到了天上。幸亏“黄帽子”先生及时赶到，开着直升机救下了他……

　　One day the manwith the yellow hat had to go out. He told Curious George to stayin and play with the ball. Of course, George found a reason to goout and have a little adventure. He played with a baby bunny,almost got in trouble when he lost him, but he came up scheme toget him back. He saw a fat man go fishing, tried it too and fell inthe lake. He helped a boy get a kite out of a tree, then tried tofly the kite himself. The wind came up and all of a sudden CuriousGeorge was carried aloft, holding onto the kite string for dearlife. Fortunately the yellow hat man came home, got a helicopterand was able to save Curious George so that he could live happilyever after with his new baby bunny pet.

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

　　Hans AugustoRey于1898年9月16日出生于德国汉堡，在世界知名的哈根贝克动物园附近长大。他非常喜欢动物和动物绘画。Margret也出生在汉堡，于1935年与Hans结婚，并移居巴黎。那时的欧洲动荡不安，两人都是犹太人，处于纳粹横行的危险中。他们意识到，必须赶在纳粹进驻之前逃走，于是在1940年6月14日骑脚踏车奔往西班牙，然后转乘火车前往巴西，最后去往纽约，展开全新生活，开始童书创作。在他们离开巴黎几小时后，纳粹占领了巴黎。作者的生活也像好奇猴乔治一样，贴近动物而且充满冒险。