Chatting Books Online year 2, Day 41. It is time for another of my all-time favorite Seuss books so today's recommended book is : Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss.
Do you remember Yertel ? He was the King of turtles in a pond. He sat atop a rock "throne" and considered himself king of all he could see. Which was all well and good until one day when he decided he would like to see , and be king of, more. So he called his subject turtles and told then to climb on each other's backs and he climbed to the top and saw so much more. And for a while he was happy , but you guessed it he then wanted to stack more turtles to get even higher , see even more, and therefore Rule even more. And on it went until a plain little turtle at the bottom called Mack got increasingly sore and hungry and then one day he burped causing all the turtles to tumble down landing Yertel in the mud.
Also included in the book are the stories of Gertrude McFuzz who was jealous of other birds fine tail feathers and The Big Brag where a rabbit and a bear try to out sniff and out hear each other .
Both stories end as you would expect with the main character learning that their greed and pride was their downfall and they learn to be happy in their original states so three stories on the same theme. Greed is Bad and you are not the best at everything and trying to prove you are will only leave you in a mess..
This collection is sold in a hardcover storybook and it currently sells for $ 16.99 a copy.
To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.
