My favorite types of books to read today are mysteries or dramas. As a child I was drawn to books written by Dr. Seuss solely because we share the same birthday; March 2nd. This makes perfect sense for my favorite childhood book to be Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss. This story was funny to me because Yertle the king of the pond, wanted to sit higher than the other turtles in order to see more of the world around him. He thought that the more he saw the more he ruled over. Yertle got greedy and then Mack a plain turtle had complained for all of the turtles who were hurting from being in a stack. Yertle snuffed and a little later Mack had burped disrupting the whole stack and causing every turtle to tumble. Now the turtles are free and Yertle is in the mud. I loved that all of the turtles had come together in the end because of the one hero Mack who was just like everyone else. It showed me that at a young age I could accomplish anything if I have the will power and the support to do it. I remember reading it with my brother and we both laughed every time Yertle fell because we both knew that he was mean at a young age. Who makes other people stand under you just for you to sit on top? We both agreed that this was messed up and cheered for Mack every time.
–Lydia C.
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It’s funny that you liked Dr. Seuss because you shared a birthday with him! That sounds like something I would say/do as a little kid. This book is very interesting, Dr. Seuss is good at including important messages in his outrageous stories. I remember reading this book as a kid and really enjoying it. You’ve inspired me to go back and reread it as an adult to see if I read it differently.
-SG
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