Helen Plum Library

Ted, the explorer with a large yellow hat, is good friends with Bloomsberry. Bloomsberry runs a natural history museum. His greedy son, Bloomsberry Junior, wants to tear down his dad's museum and put a parking garage in its place, but the elder Bloomsberry is convinced that a spectacular new exhibit could save the museum from the wrecking ball. Ted heads to Africa on an expedition to find some special artifacts that will keep his friend in business....

George helps with the harvest, and discovers that making cider can be even more exciting than picking apples

A curious monkey who is tired of being small dreams of being big but discovers problems with that as well

Curious George's antics illustrate counting from one to ten, then backwards from ten to one

The start of the school year brings so many new lessons for a curious little monkey to learn—especially when it comes to painting!
It's the first day of school, and George has been invited to Mr. Apple's class to be a special helper. George is just the right monkey for the job—that is, until he starts to make his usual mischief.
A mixture of red and yellow paint makes orange . . . a mixture of yellow and blue makes green . . ....

A lively monkey escapes from a zoo and gets into spaghetti, paint, breaks a leg and in general leads a merry life

When George finds a train at the toy store he would like, he decides to save his money until he can buy it

Curious George is excited about Halloween: carving pumpkins, costume contests and the Annual Boo Festival. Eager to get the festivities started, George and Allie visit Renkins' Farm to pick out the perfect pumpkin. There, they are told the spooky tale of the Legend of No Noggin. The story goes, No Noggin is a hat-kicking scarecrow who appears on Halloween to kick people's hats off. On Halloween night, George and Allie are set to get a picture of No...

A curious monkey causes quite a commotion on the ski slopes