Yertle the Turtle

Name: Yertle the Turtle
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Author: Dr. Seuss
ISBN: 9780739339282

Author: Dr. Seuss

Narrator: John Lithgow

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 06/27/2006

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Poetry, Children's Humor, Animal Stories

Synopsis

Dr. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The collection features tales about greed (“Yertle the Turtle”), vanity (“Gertrude McFuzz”), and pride (“The Big Brag”). In no other book does a small burp have such political importance! Yet again, Dr. Seuss proves that he and classic picture books go hand in hand.

About The Author

Theodor Seuss Geisel—aka Dr. Seuss—is one of the most beloved children’s book authors of all time. From The Cat in the Hat to Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, his iconic characters, stories, and art style have been a lasting influence on generations of children and adults. The books he wrote and illustrated under the name Dr. Seuss (and others that he wrote but did not illustrate, including some under the pseudonyms Theo. LeSieg and Rosetta Stone) have been translated into 45 languages. Hundreds of millions of copies have found their way into homes and hearts around the world. Dr. Seuss’s long list of awards includes Caldecott Honors, the Pulitzer Prize, and eight honorary doctorates. Works based on his original stories have won three Oscars, three Emmys, three Grammys, and a Peabody.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alejandro on April 14, 2017

A really good titular story! COWABUNGA, DR. SEUSS! And the turtles, of course… all turtles are free. As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be, It’s said that Yertle the Turtle exemplifies Hitler, and while I have no doubt of that,... ...I think that he could be King Nimrod (from Tow......more

Goodreads review by Manny on August 15, 2021

From the Wikipedia article "Political messages of Dr Seuss":Yertle the Turtle was published in 1958. There are many connections through the book to the rise and fall of Hitler. The book is about how all creatures should be free. Ultimately, the dictatorial leader, symbolizing Hitler, falls. The book......more

Goodreads review by Ronyell on November 03, 2013

I had read many Dr. Seuss books over the years, since I am a huge fan of his work! Now, I had finally come back to one of my childhood favorite stories of all time, “Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories” and I still enjoy it to this very day! There are a total of three stories in this book which inclu......more

Goodreads review by Billy on June 08, 2007

This was my favorite book when I was a child. I read it over and over again, memorizing every line, and taking in every lesson about vanity that Dr Seuss was teaching. As an adult I found a whole new appreciation for the book, as I learned that the character of Yertle was based on Adolph Hitler. Seu......more

Goodreads review by Michael on October 16, 2016

This one probably requires a five year old to fully grasp the lessons about pride that are inherent in the mile-high Yurtle, the far-sighted worm and that silly long-tailed bird. But it is still fun to read and one day will probably help me to explain a lesson…......more