Margret Rey

children's illustrator and writer, German Jewish American

Margret Elizabeth Rey (May 16, 1906 – December 21, 1996) was a German-American writer and illustrator of Jewish descent.[1]

She was known best for the Curious George series of children's picture books that she and her husband H. A. Rey created from 1939 to 1966.[2] She met her husband Hans Augusto Rey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil while attempting to escape Nazism.

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  1. www.encyclopedia.com
  2. Meister, Carol (2001). H. A. Rey. p. 12. ISBN 1-57765-481-1. OCLC 45413500.