curious george goes to the hospital authors

The children see the accident and the first to laugh is Betsy. George crashes into the carts and lands in the mayor's arms, while spilling food and breaking the wheelchair and the dishes. There, some attendants are pushing food carts and the mayor is touring the hospital. By the time the nurse notices, George is heading down a steep ramp towards the hospital cafeteria. With no one looking, George hops into Steve's wheelchair and races down the corridors. Later, he sees that Steve, a boy with a cast on his leg, is trying to walk. When George wakes up the third day, he hangs out in the play area and puts on a puppet show. After surgery, George is groggy and does not want to read a new book the Man brings him and goes back to sleep. George meets a nurse named Carol, who takes him to the children's ward where George's temperature and blood pressure are recorded, and he is given a pill and a shot to put him to sleep then wheeled into surgery. Betsy is scared and worried because this is her first time in a hospital. Later, George is admitted to the waiting room where they meet Betsy and her mother.

He reveals that a tube is needed to take the puzzle piece out of George's stomach. The doctor then tells George that a small operation is needed to remove it, and he has to stay for a few days. The Man with the Yellow Hat realizes that it was the puzzle piece missing from his and George's jigsaw puzzle the day before. The taken x-ray reveals the swallowed and ingested puzzle piece lodged in George's stomach.

George is given a barium drink from a nurse and then taken to the x-ray room. The Man reassures George at the hospital, reminding him of being here before when he broke his leg (referencing a previous story). The doctor is unable to determine the problem and recommends that George should go to the hospital. The next morning, George has a stomachache and is unable to eat his breakfast.

Unable to find the missing piece, they go to bed. They both assemble the puzzle, but (even though the puzzle might be finished) they notice that the last piece is missing. The Man with the Yellow Hat comes home and tells George that the puzzle is a present for him.

George opens the box, takes a puzzle piece out and, thinking it is a piece of candy, he swallows it. George wakes up to find a box labeled 'surprise' on the desk it contains a jigsaw puzzle. The book was inspired by employees at the Boston Children's Hospital, who reached out to the Cambridge-based Reys to ask for help in getting children to prepare for going to the hospital. It is the seventh and final book in the original Curious George series, and tells the story of George's experiences in a hospital after swallowing and ingesting a jigsaw puzzle piece. Rey and published by Houghton Mifflin in 1966. Curious George Goes to the Hospital is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Margret Rey and H.

Curious george goes to the hospital authors