What is Margret Rey?
'''Margret Elizabeth Rey''' (May 16, 1906 – December 21, 1996) was a [[Germany|German]]-[[Americans|American]] writer and illustrator of [[Jewish]] descent.<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rey-margret-1906-1996 www.encyclopedia.com]</ref> She was known best for the ''[[Curious George]]'' series of [[children's literature |children's]] [[picture books]] that she and her husband [[H. A. Rey]] created from 1939 to 1966.<ref>{{cite book |author=Meister, Carol|title= H. A. Rey |year=2001 |isbn=1-57765-481-1 |oclc=45413500 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbpgELqGhb4C&pg=PA12 |page=12}}</ref> She met her husband Hans Augusto Rey in [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]] while attempting to escape [[Nazism]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rey, Margret}} [[Category:1906 births]] [[Category:1996 deaths]] [[Category:American illustrators]] [[Category:Jewish American writers]] [[Category:Jewish German writers]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Writers from Hamburg]] [[Category:Refugees from Nazism]] [[Category:Writers from Massachusetts]] {{us-geo-stub}}