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Yertle the turtle and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A lovely, clean, unmarked copy. A touch of rubbing at crown and foot of spine. Tight binding. Fine copy./Dust jacket has some minor tears and creases at bottom edge and a few very tiny tears at top edge. Overall a good + + dust jacke
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1958. Early edition, no date but ca. 1962. Fourteen titles listed on back of d.j. Last title is Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book which was first printed in 1962. Quarto. 11-1/4 x 8-1/4. Glazed boards. Pictorial endpapers. Unpaginated. A lovely, clean, unmarked copy. A touch of rubbing at crown and foot of spine. Tight binding. Fine copy./Dust jacket has some minor tears and creases at bottom edge and a few very tiny tears at top edge. Overall a good + + dust jacket..
Synopsis
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a picture book collection by Theodor Geisel, published under his more commonly-known pseudonym of Dr. Seuss. It was first released by Random House Books on April 12, 1958, and is written in Seuss's trademark style, using a type of meter called anapestic tetrameter.
Reviews
On Apr 19 2023, a reader said:
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a delightful old favorite about an ambitious, self centered, fascistic turtle which was first published on my brother's 3rd birthday in the year that I became 2 years old. This imaginative illustrated collection of 3 stories starts with the famous story of Yertle the Turtle, who was 'king of all he could see', and logically concluded that, if he could see more, he could rule more. Illustrated by by Theodor Geisel, or 'Dr Seuss' in his black outline cartoon style, with selective highlights of color which imbues believable human emotion in his cast of characters. Children love the rhythmic rhymes read allowed to them with expressive vocal tones. With repeated readings, some kids memorize and recite portions of the story long before they can read it themselves. Acording th this websites synopsis of Yertle the Turtle and other stories, Seuss used "a type of meter called anapestic tetrameter." All I know is his use of it is well loved and wonderful to children of all ages!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 387
- Title
- Yertle the turtle and Other Stories
- Author
- Dr. Seuss
- Format/Binding
- Quarto. 11-1/4 x 8-1/4. Glazed boards. Pictorial endpapers. Unpaginated
- Book Condition
- Used - A lovely, clean, unmarked copy. A touch of rubbing at crown and foot of spine. Tight binding. Fine copy.
- Jacket Condition
- Dust jacket has some minor tears and creases at bottom edge and a few very tiny tears at top edge. Overall a good + + dust jacke
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early edition, no date but ca. 1962. Fourteen titles listed on b
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Frogtown Books, Inc.
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Toledo, Ohio
About Frogtown Books, Inc.
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- Quarto
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- Jacket
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