Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

Fülszöveg

From where I sit, this looks like a very special edition of
Yertle the Turtle
and Other Stories
With 32 pages of rarely seen Seuss images and commentary by CHARLES D. COHEN
A tyrannical turtle, an envious bird, a bombastic bear, a boastful rabbit— this motley menagerie made their book debut on April 12, 1958, when Random House published Dr. Seuss's Yerf/e the Turtle and Other Stories. Yet in spite of the fundamental unlovability of so many of its featured characters, the book would go on to become one of the best selling and most beloved of all time, with the character of Yertle, in particular, serving as a symbol for the insidiousness of dictatorship everywhere.
In this special anniversary edition, you will find the complete original text and illustrations, as well as thirty-two pages of commentary and archival images compiled by Charles D. Cohen, the world's foremost Seuss scholar and collector and the author of The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing but the Seuss. Cohen... Tovább

Fülszöveg

From where I sit, this looks like a very special edition of
Yertle the Turtle
and Other Stories
With 32 pages of rarely seen Seuss images and commentary by CHARLES D. COHEN
A tyrannical turtle, an envious bird, a bombastic bear, a boastful rabbit— this motley menagerie made their book debut on April 12, 1958, when Random House published Dr. Seuss's Yerf/e the Turtle and Other Stories. Yet in spite of the fundamental unlovability of so many of its featured characters, the book would go on to become one of the best selling and most beloved of all time, with the character of Yertle, in particular, serving as a symbol for the insidiousness of dictatorship everywhere.
In this special anniversary edition, you will find the complete original text and illustrations, as well as thirty-two pages of commentary and archival images compiled by Charles D. Cohen, the world's foremost Seuss scholar and collector and the author of The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing but the Seuss. Cohen discusses common threads that run throughout the Seuss oeuvre: the struggle of Everyman against authority; human gullibility; and the fascinating fact that so many of Seuss's most popular protagonists are really rather I irksome.
I Also here are two "lost" Seuss stories that fit seamlessly with the themes
I in Yertle: "The Ruckus," about a bird who likes to hear himself talk but has A nothing to say, and "The Kindly Snather," a cautionary tale that points to the A perils of greed and sloth.
A So come, Seuss fans, come one and all, and celebrate the fiftieth anniver-
sary of Yertle and company.
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In this unique fiftieth-anniversary retrospective, the renowned Seuss scholar Charles D. Cohen examines the origin, evolution, and impact of the characters and tales collected in Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. From Seuss's long association with turtles to his experience as a political cartoonist to the vision of "should"-ness that permeates his work, Cohen delivers a fascinating, fact-based analysis that is lively, thought-provoking, and often downright hilarious. Illustratec with rarely seen archival images and including two "lost stories" by Dr. Seuss—"The Ruckus" and "The Kindly Snather"—this is a retrospective edition that will give Seuss fans of all ages lots to look at and think about.


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