Curious George - 'H. A. Rey',  'Margret Rey'
Ah, Curious George. It's been so many years since I read you that I didn't even realize you'd gotten so controversial! George is a curious little monkey who has very little impulse control (i.e. a young child) who is constantly saved and protected by the man in the yellow hat (i.e. the grown up in his life). George is a hero kids can relate to and taken this way it's a sweet story about how kids don't need to be perfect for grown ups to love them. But then again there is that inconvenient bit about the man in the yellow hat snatching George from his natural habitat and putting him in a zoo. I have to admit that's a bit hard to reconcile with the overall message. But in the end I don't think kids really notice these things - they just think it's a funny little story about a funny little monkey.