These cheerful tales teaches some valuable lessons in humility--thanks to a sharp-eyed worm, a bragging bear and rabbit, a fuzzy-tailed bird, and a couple hundred turtles led by their foolish King Yertle.

Buy Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

Yertle's story starts with his attempt to build a bigger kingdom on the backs of his loyal subjects. King of everything he can see, Yertle orders his turtles to stack up under him to build a towering throne.
"He made each turtle stand on another one's back and he piled them all up in a nine-turtle stack."
But a plain little turtle named Mack--stuck at the bottom--decides he's had enough.
"I know up on top you are seeing great sights, but down on the bottom we, too, should have rights!"

Following Yertle's downfall, a whiny girl-bird named Gertrude McFuzz wishes she had two feathers, just like Miss Lolla-Lee-Lou:
"One droopy-droop feather. That's all that she had. And, oh! That one feather made Gertrude so sad."
But even when Gertrude gets her wish she finds that vanity has its price. Meanwhile, in "The Big Brag," a proud rabbit and an even-prouder bear duke it out in a battle of the senses, arguing over who's the best of the beasts, only to get their clever comeuppance from a wild-eyed little worm.

This book is illustrated in color. Three modern fables in humorous pictures and verse: "Yertle the Turtle," "Gertrude McFuzz," and "The Big Brag."

Dr Seuss books are very collectible and a New York, Random House 1958 First Edition with 295/295 on the dustwrapper & the correct number of books picture on the back could be purchased for 200 USD.