Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Party Edition

TO CELEBRATE THE 50th anniversary of the original 1958 publication ofYertle the Turtle and Other Stories,Random House Children's Books is proud to offer the classic edition in a special foil-covered limited party edition. Dr. Seuss is, quite simply, the most beloved children's book author in the world.

Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904.  After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising.  His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!,  appeared in several leading American magazines.  Dr. Seuss's first children's book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street, hit the market in 1937, and the world of children's literature was changed forever!  In 1957, Seuss's The Cat in the Hat became the prototype for one of Random House's best- selling series, Beginner Books.  This popular series combined engaging stories with outrageous illustrations and playful sounds to teach basic reading skills.  Brilliant, playful, and always respectful of children, Dr. Seuss ch