Following a day of misadventures Curious George becomes the first space monkey.

Curious George illustrates a variety of emotions and states of being, including happy, proud, dizzy, naughty, silly, and, of course, curious.

The storybook that marked the first appearance of the beloved Curious George! Cecily is a lonely giraffe with no playmates. Her family and friends have all been taken away to the zoo. So, her spirits rise when she meets Mother Pamplemoose and Baby Jinny, James, Johnny, Arthur, David, Punch and Judy-and Curious George. These nine monkeys have no home, because all the trees in their forest have been cut down.

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true.

Little Monkey feels sad, mad and angry all at once--he needs to learn how to calm down.

The man with the yellow hat illustrates the alphabet for his curious monkey friend.

A good deed justifies the presence of Bertie's monkey Mo on a boat.