Curious George Takes a Job was included on the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list in 1960
Donated a pair of sketches to a children's literature collection at The University of Southern Mississippi in 1966, the same collection that upon his wife's death would inherit the couple's entire literary estate
Sold bathtubs and sinks in Brazil after moving to Rio de Janeiro circa 1924
Opened the first advertising agency in Rio de Janeiro with his wife Margret Rey
Built a bicycle out of spare parts as Nazi forces approached Paris and fled the city with his wife and their manuscript of the future popular children's book "Curious George․"
His "Curious George" books have been adapted into many features and television series for children
Wrote the "Curious George" books, which went on to sell tens of millions of copies
Published "The Stars: A New Way to See Them" in 1952, which contained a new set of constellation diagrams based around brighter stars more easily visible in populated areas
While hiding out in an old castle in southern France during World War II, villagers reported him and his wife to authorities, who found the couple innocent of suspected bomb-making when they found a studio full of children's book illustrations
Brought two pet marmosets on the voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, but they died in transit