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Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

Dr. Seuss

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Joel_Mckay
"The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" (Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith) "Outliers: The Story of Success" (Malcolm Gladwell) "Data-Driven Science and Engineering: Machine Learning, Dynamical Systems, and Control" (Steven L. Brunton, J. Nathan Kutz) "Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories" (Dr. Seuss) "The Lorax" (Dr. Seuss)
flubert
Get a couple of the collections of Dr. Seuss. Can't help but think that in addition to "Yertle", that "Sneetches", "Horton Hears a Who", and "The Grinch who Stole Christmas" are all timeless masterpieces. https://www.amazon.com/Six-Seuss-Treasury-Dr-Classics/dp/067... (https://www.amazon.com/Six-Seuss-Treasury-Dr-Classics/dp/0679821481/) https://www.amazon.com/Hatful-Seuss-Favorite-Sneetches-Barth... (https://www.amazon.com/Hatful-Seuss-Favorite-Sneetches-Bartholomew/dp/0679883886/)
wilwade
No kids books have been listed, but I have found them all too often enlightening. Sometimes even more than an adult book. I and my kids have enjoyed all of Graeme Base's books, but The Eleventh Hour is particularly good and have given it to many kids and adults: http://graemebase.com/book/the-eleventh-hour/ I am also thinking about giving Yertle the Turtle By Dr. Seuss out to anyone I meet before the election: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yertle_the_Turtle_and_Other_St... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yertle_the_Turtle_and_Other_Stories) I have given many Dr. Seuss books away as well.

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