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Yertle the Turtle Hallmark Collector's Series Dr Seuss 2004 Keepsake Ornament
Yertle the Turtle and Other Storiesis apicture bookcollection byTheodor Seuss Geisel, published under his more commonly knownpseudonymofDr. Seuss. It was first released byRandom HouseBooks on April 12, 1958, and is written in Seuss's trademark style, using a type ofmetercalledanapestic tetrameter. Though it contains three short stories, it is mostly known for its first story, "Yertle the Turtle", in which the eponymous Yertle, king of the pond, stands on his subjects in an attempt to reach higher than the Moon—until the bottom turtle burps and he falls into the mud, ending his rule.
Though the book included "burp", a word then considered to be relatively rude, it was a success upon publication, and has since sold more than a million copies. In 2001, it was listed at 125 on thePublishers Weeklylist of the best-selling children's books of all time.
