09 Margret and Hans Rey

Margret and
Hans Rey
by Carl Desmond

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Margret and
Hans Rey

by Carl Desmond

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George is a good little
monkey and always very curious.
Margret and Hans Rey wrote
stories about him. Their books
told about his adventures.

2

Margret and Hans met at a
party when Margret was a girl.
They met again when they were
grown up. Then they began to
write and draw pictures together.

3

Hans wrote a book about a
giraffe and nine monkeys. One of
the monkeys was very smart and
very curious.

Margret and Hans wanted
to write more books about
that monkey!

4

So they wrote about the
monkey and a man with a yellow
hat. The monkey’s name
was George.

5

George had many adventures.
He sailed paper boats down a
river. He held on to a kite and
flew across the sky. George was
always trying new things!

6

Margret and Hans read about
mice that went into outer space.
They thought, “Why couldn’t
George go, too?” So they
wrote about George riding in a
rocket ship.

7

Hans and Margret loved to go
to the zoo. So they wrote about
George going to the zoo, too.

8

Margret and Hans heard a
story about bubbles. So they
wrote about George and a big
mess. George had to wash the
floor after he spilled some ink.
Then the room filled with bubbles!

9

Margret and Hans do not
write books anymore. But
George is still having new
adventures. Children are still
reading about this curious
little monkey!

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Responding

TARGET SKILL Text and Graphic
Features Find two pictures in the
book. How do the pictures
help you understand the story?
Make a chart.

Talk About It
Text to Text Think of a different
book about a funny animal.
What does the animal look like?
How does it act?

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WORDS TO KNOW

after pictures was
draw
read write

LEARN MORE WORDS

adventures curious

TARGET SKILL Text and Graphic
Features Tell how words work
with art.

TARGET STRATEGY Question
Ask questions about what you
are reading.

GENRE Informational text gives
facts about a topic.

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Level: J
DRA: 18
Genre:
Informational Text
Strategy:
Question
Skill:
Text and Graphic Features
Word Count: 237

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