While on a field trip to a fire station with Mrs. Gray's class, Curious George goes off on his own and is soon at the scene of a fire, where he finds a way to be helpful.
Curious George learns to predict the weather using his weather journal, drawings of sunset and the next morning, a wind sock, a pinwheel, and a cricket.
"Curious George heads to a bookstore where his favorite author is signing books, but while waiting in line, he decides to browse and organize some open boxes"--OCLC.
George helps Steve and Betsy dye eggs, but when he accidentally falls into yellow dye, George experiments with the different colors to see which one will turn him brown again.
Curious George learns about keeping bees from a beekeeper at the Earth Day festival, and he and Steve try to build a beehive from materials they find at home. Includes two activities for children.