Seuss reminds his readers to hold their values close to their hearts and remember that we are all equal.

Mack stood up for himself and all his turtle friends so they could all go back to being happy in their turtle pond. Yertle the Turtle was one of my favorite books because it helped reinforce the idea that we all have a responsibility to stand up for ourselves and others. Seuss ends by saying that all the turtles were free in the pond just as all creatures on earth should be. King Yertle the Turtle soon learns the pitfalls of becoming too big for your boots, in the first tale in this hilarious. Yertle fell all the way down to the bottom of the pond and became king of the mud. Finally, one turtle named Mack stood up for himself and all the turtles in the pond and they knocked Yertle down from his high throne of turtles. Yertle had turtles upon turtles stacked up high so he would be king of all that he could see. Seuss / Reading with Expression - YouTube 0:00 / 6:35 Yertle The Turtle / Dr. All the turtles in the pond had everything they needed and were happy just where they were- that was until Yertle decided he wanted a bigger kingdom. It contains three stories but the first, the title story, is best-known. Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories belongs to the Yellow Back Books range. ‘Yertle the Turtle’ was published on April 12, 1950, by Random House.

Yertle the Turtle follows the story of Yertle, the king of the pond on the far-away Island of Sala-ma-Sond. In this hilarious book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr. I used to read it with my family all the time when I was the age of a Junior Beaver (which was forever ago!). 'I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.'Īlthough it was written over 50 years ago, one of my absolute favorite books of all time is Yertle the Turtle by Dr.

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