George is tired of following the house rules--he wants a place of his own where he can draw on the walls and eat corn on the cob with his feet He decides to build a tree house in the yard, but quickly learns that creating a house from scratch just might take more than a pile of plywood and a handful of nails. What he needs is a design plan to make it work. This Green Light Reader based on Curious George, the Emmy Award-winning PBS TV show, also includes bonus activities to help build on the construction theme with a matching materials game and a make-your-own sponge blocks craft.