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Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

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Dr. Seuss presents three brand new 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! Another time, Dr. Seuss proves that he and classic picture books go hand in hand.

Yet more wisdom cast down from high atop Mt. 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.

Yertle’s story leads off with his attempt to build a bigger kingdom on the backs of his loyal subjects (literally). King of the whole thing he can see, Yertle orders his turtles to stack up under him to build a towering throne. (“He made every turtle stand on some other 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–makes a decision he is had enough. (“I know up on top you are seeing great sights, but down on the bottom we, too, must have rights!”)

Following Yertle’s downfall, a whiny girl-bird named Gertrude McFuzz wishes she had two feathers, identical to Miss Lolla-Lee-Lou: “One droopy-droop feather. That’s all that she had. 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. 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 most productive of the beasts, only to get their clever comeuppance from a wild-eyed little worm. (Ages 4 to 8) –Paul Hughes

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