He made each turtle stand on another one’s back And he piled them all up in a nine-turtle stack. He ordered nine turtle soldiers to swim to his stone And, using these turtles, he built a new throne. So Yertle the Turtle King, lifted his hand And Yertle, the Turtle King, gave a command. “If I could sit high, how much greater I’d be! What a king! I’d be ruler of all that I see!” It ought to be higher!” he said with a frown. This throne that I sit on is too, too low down. With this stone for a throne, I look down on my pond But I cannot look down on the places beyond. “I’m ruler”, said Yertle furiously, “of all that I see. They were… until Yertle, the spoiled, selfish, and unkind king of them all, Decided the kingdom he ruled was too small. The turtles had everything turtles might need. On the far-away island of Sala-ma-Sond, Yertle the Turtle was king of the pond.'Maybe Christmas.', he thought, '.Doesn't come from a store.'.The Cat in the Hat (1957) We looked! And we saw him! My alphabet starts where your alphabet ends! I'm telling you this 'cause you're one of my friends. That I never could spell if I stopped with the Z.

In the places I go there are things that I see.So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!' 'We've GOT to make noises in greater amounts! To come to the aid of their country!', he said.

The time for all Whos who have blood that is red 'This', cried the Mayor, 'is your town's darkest hour!.If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!' That we shall boil in a hot steaming kettle of Beezle-Nut Oil!'Īnd you very small persons will not have to die A person's a person, no matter how small.When Horton the elephant heard a small noise. In the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, On the 15th of May, in the Jungle of Nool,.Horton Hears a Who! (1954) Don't give up! I believe in you allĪ person's a person, no matter how small! When I say that I saw it on Mulberry Street. And that is a story that no one can beat,.96Īnd to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937) Seuss: Essays on the Writings and Life of Theodor Geisel (1997) by Thomas Fensch, p.

On writing for adults, as quoted in Of Sneetches and Whos and the Good Dr.

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them.

On becoming a writer, NY Times (May 21, 1986).

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

You're Only Old Once! : A Book for Obsolete Children (1986).

Seuss: American Icon (2004) by Philip Nel, p.

As quoted in 'Author Isn't Just a Cat in the Hat' by Miles Corwin in The Los Angeles Times (27 November 1983) also in Dr.

If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack. It's more than just a matter of laughing. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.

Statement about children, as quoted in Enter, Conversing (1962) by Clifton Fadiman, p.

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Caption to a political cartoon against the ' America First' movement, showing children being read a story of ' Adolf the Wolf', in PM Magazine (1 October 1941).

But those were Foreign Children and it really didn't matter. and the wolf chewed up the children and spit out their bones. 'Maybe Christmas', he thought, 'doesn't come from a store.' Quotes Nonsense wakes up the brain cells.

1.13 I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978).

1.12 Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973).

1.10 I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965).

1.8 One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960).

1.6 How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957).

1.1 And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937).

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