This little book joins a host of others in the market of "smile and move on." Much like "The Blue Day Book" and the like, it uses illustrations to emphasize pithy aphorisms, the twist here being that they use images from the actual Curious George books to make their points. Sometimes it works, sometimes it seems forced. It did pull at my heartstrings, just a bit, given that Curious George harkens back to a special, gentle time in my life, a very long time ago. For kids, an actual Curious George book might be better. For adults, it's part of a novelty trend. Not the best, not the worst of this kind. Think "nifty gift" for someone having a significant birthday above the age of 45.
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