Curious George Gets a Medal

Hans Augusto "H.A." Rey, together with his wife Margret Rey, were the authors and illustrators of children's books, best known for their Curious George series. Hans (who was born Hans Augusto Reyersbach in Hamburg, Germany) and Margret actually met in Brazil, where Hans was a salesman and Margret had gone to escape the rise of Nazism. They married in 1935 and moved to Paris that same year.

Margret Rey (born Margarete Elisabeth Waldstein, 16 May 1906 – 21 December 1996) was a German-born American writer, best known for co-creating the Curious George children's book series with her husband, illustrator H. A. Rey. Born in Hamburg, she studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau, the Düsseldorf Academy of Art, and the University of Munich before meeting Rey in Rio de Janeiro. The couple married in 1935 and settled in Paris, fleeing by bicycle in June 1940 as German forces advanced, carrying the...