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Keywords

assertiveness, feelings, freedom, goal setting, greed, refusal skills, reptiles, self esteem, turtle

Title

Yertle the turtle

Description

Yertle the turtle is the king of all turtles and everything that he can see. In order to see more things, therefore becoming more powerful, he would stack turtles to stand on. Finally, the stack of turtles got so high that Yertle came crashing down and set all the other turtles free.

Author

Seuss, Dr.

Publisher

Random House

ISBN

0-394-80087-7

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

1986

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Shannon Weidner, 1994

Citation

Seuss, Dr., “Yertle the turtle,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 22, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/9315.