Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

from Thach

Characters: Yertle the king turtle and his minions Setting: Pond Theme: You can lose all if you are greedy and dictate. Genre: Poetry Summary: This book tells the story of a king turtle who wants to see everythign around him. What happens is that he tells the other turtles to stack so that he cou...

from kitbraddick

This silly turtle tale teaches the importance of humility and not stepping on people to get where you want, in this case a stack of turtles. Yertle wanted so badly to be the king of everything but didn't about anyone but himself. It takes tumbling in the mud for him, and readers to come to that r...

from quaintlittlehead

Here is a rare case where "Other Stories" refers to vignettes that are just as classic as the book's title piece. Unlike "The Sneetches," the stories in this book are also united by a common theme: the futility of vanity. Politics may be beyond the grasp of many children's interest or understandi...

from ecosborne

Yertle the Turtle, Gertrude McFuzz, and The Big Brag are the three fun stories in this Dr. Seuss book. Yertle was King of the pond but he wanted to be King of all he could see so he built his throne higher so he could see farther, and farther. In Gertrude McFuzz she wishes to have a tale like Lol...

from hipsterkidd

This was one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books growing up. The author wrote it in light of the events of the Holocaust and WWII. It is actually for sale at the Holocaust museum. Dr. Seuss did many books that were secretly propaganda for kids that taught them how to be better than what was going on i...