dr seuss books yertle the turtle and other stories

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories belongs to the Yellow Back Books range. In response to consumer demand, the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels, with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands - Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own, and Yellow Back Books for older, more fluent readers to enjoy. Seuss's bestselling books, including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Fox in Socks.

Seuss fables!Īs part of a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching Dr. King Yertle the Turtle soon learns the pitfalls of becoming too big for your boots, in the first tale in this hilarious trio of classic Dr. Seuss explores the pitfalls of growing too big for your boots!

Meanwhile, in 'The Big Brag,' a proud rabbit and an even-prouder bear duke it out in a battle of the senses, arguing over who's the best of the beasts, only to get their clever comeuppance from a wild-eyed little worm.In this hilarious book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr. And, oh! That one feather made Gertrude so sad.' But even when Gertrude gets her wish-and then some-she finds that vanity has its price. In no other book does a small burp have such political importance Yet again, Dr. The collection features tales about greed (Yertle the Turtle), vanity (Gertrude McFuzz), and pride (The Big Brag). This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. ('I know up on top you are seeing great sights, but down on the bottom we, too, should have rights!')įollowing Yertle's downfall, a whiny girl-bird named Gertrude McFuzz wishes she had two feathers, just like Miss Lolla-Lee-Lou: 'One droopy-droop feather. Seuss and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. ('He made each turtle stand on another one's back and he piled them all up in a nine-turtle stack.') But a plain little turtle named Mack-stuck at the bottom-decides he's had enough. King of everything he can see, Yertle orders his turtles to stack up under him to build a towering throne. Yertle's story leads off with his attempt to build a bigger kingdom on the backs of his loyal subjects (literally). Seuss, this cheerful trio of tales teaches some valuable lessons in humility-thanks to a sharp-eyed worm, a bragging bear and rabbit, a fuzzy-tailed bird, and a couple hundred turtles led by their foolish King Yertle. Yet more wisdom cast down from high atop Mt.

Dr seuss books yertle the turtle and other stories