Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Dr Seuss Digital Life VHS

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
starring: Dr Seuss

Used Price: $0.24

Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302360769
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, SECAM, NTSC
ISBN: 6302360765
Label: Random House Video
Manufacturer: Random House Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Random House Video
Release Date: April 21, 1992
Running Time: 30 minutes
Sales Rank: 9470
Studio: Random House Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1992

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Amazon.com:
This is largely a glorified reading experience of the 1950s collection of stories by Dr. Seuss. The visuals are comprised of camera pans and zooms of the author's original artwork, using minimal animation (occasionally a rabbit ear droops or a pond ripples) and relying on the vivid, highly entertaining narration by John Lithgow to bring to life the book's three tales about the follies of pride. First up is the title story, concerning King Yertle's efforts to ascend to an ever-higher throne at the painful expense of his subjects. Next is Gertrude McFuzz, a cautionary piece about a bird whose sad tail feathers are a source of such embarrassment she obtains flamboyant and utterly impractical replacements. Finally, there's The Big Brag, the funny fable about a rabbit who claims superiority over all other animals for his excellent hearing, the bear who poses a challenge with his superior smell, and the disgusted worm who puts them both in their places. --Tom Keogh

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Children's Classic
I can't emphasize how good the three stories within this book are. Not only do they entertain my 4 year old (we read this book almost every night) but I can't wait to read this book as well. All three stories share a theme - arrogance, jealousy, and ignorance are all for not. Entertaining both visually and verbally - a must have for your child's collection.

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- One of Seuss' Best - a review of "Yertle the Turtle"
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is amongst Seuss' best works. The stories are poignant. They are all great Read-a-Louds, and they have great rhymes.

The first of the three stories is Yertle the Turtle. It's about a king turtle that decides that his pond is not kingdom enough. He orders his subjects -- other turtles -- to stack themselves so that he can see further; his assumption being that he is the king of all he surveys.

It's actually very amusing to see how many ways there are to interpret this story. A quick trip over to Amazon.com will show you that people view Yertle as everything from simple bossy-boots, to a stand in for Hitler or Stalin. And far be it for me to argue that they aren't correct. And, in fact, this is the power of this story. That it can be understood from different perspectives, so that children can 'grow into' various interpretations.

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- Dr. Suess rocks
he's one excellant teacher. This is a great book to read at nap, bedtime, or anytime. It also teaches good lessons in a fun way.

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- An excellent lesson in life
I recently read this book to my grandchildren. As I was reading it, I realized that the book described a situation that was occurring in my own career. The more I read, the bigger my smile became. I realized that I was Mack and my co-worker was Yertle. As I finished the book, I told my grandsons that this was by far and away my favorite Dr. Seuss book. They asked why and I told them that sometimes in life, people seeking more and more power and greed will try to step on you and it's up to you to stand up for yourself.

Great book, great morale to the story.

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