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Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories is a picture book collection by Theodor Seuss 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.
[15] The track "Yertle the Turtle" incorporates several verses directly from Dr. Seuss' poem also named "Yertle the Turtle." As stated by Kiedis in his autobiography, Scar Tissue, the spoken lyrics at the beginning and throughout the song saying "Look at that turtle go bro," were by George Clinton's drug dealer who demanded debts be paid by ...
The Dr. Seuss That Switched His Voice" – poem by Joe Dolce, first published in Quadrant magazine. "Register of the Dr. Seuss Collection, UC San Diego; Dr. Seuss at Library of Congress, with 190 library catalog records; Theodor Seuss Geisel (real name), Theo. LeSieg (pseud.), and Rosetta Stone (joint pseud.) at LC Authorities with 30, 9, and 1 ...
Geisel's book was the most popular of the group. He immediately began working on Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories while The Cat in the Hat Comes Back was prepared for publication. [12] To promote the two books, Geisel went on a tour for book signing, which was an unusual marketing strategy for children's books at the time. [13]
Turtle Island (Native American folklore) – Name for Earth or North America used by Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States; World Turtle – Giant turtle supporting or containing the world; Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories – 1958 picture book collection by Dr. Seuss
Political cartoon by Dr. Seuss depicting Japanese Americans as sleeper agents ready to attack the United States from within following the attack on Pearl Harbor. While a student at Dartmouth College in the 1920s, Theodor Seuss Geisel drew cartoons for the campus's humor magazine, the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, some of which contain anti-black racist and anti-Semitic elements [citation needed].
If I Ran the Zoo is often credited [6] [7] with the first printed modern English appearance of the word "nerd", although the word is not used in its modern context.It is simply the name of an otherwise un-characterized imaginary creature, appearing in the sentence "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo/And Bring Back an It-Kutch, a Preep, and a Proo,/A Nerkle, a Nerd, and a ...
Yertle and Mack Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories: Dr. Seuss: A popular children's tale that cautions against despotism. Yertle is the grandiose king of the pond who decides he rules whatever he can see—and makes the turtles stack up to the sky. Mack is the turtle at the bottom who ultimately rebels and brings the stack crashing down. Maturin