George is going to a pizza party He's so excited. He lovespizza AND parties. Before George leaves for the party, he promisesto be on his best monkey behavior. But when he gets to the partyand sees all of that pizza dough, George has an idea...a "big" ideathat lands him in "big" trouble A recipe for healthy veggiemini-pizzas is included.

 Hans Augusto Rey was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1898. As achild, he spent much of his free time in that city's famousHagenbeck Zoo drawing animals. After serving in the army duringWorld War I, he studied philology and natural science at theUniversity of Hamburg. He then married Margret Rey and they movedto Montmartre for four years. The manu* for the first CuriousGeorge books was one of the few items the Reys carried with them ontheir bicycles when they escaped from Paris in 1940. Eventually,they made their way to the United States, and Curious George waspublished in 1941. Curious George has been published in manylanguages, including French, German, Japanese, Afrikaans, andNorwegian. Additional Curious George books followed, as well assuch other favorites as CECILY G. AND THE NINE MONKEYS and FIND THECONSTELLATIONS.