Books · picture book · 1958

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

Name: Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Author: Dr. Seuss
ISBN: 9780394800875

Dr. Seuss, 1958

Seen on screen onceLast seen in Friends, S1 E9

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Friends · S1 E9 · Susan Bunch · Carol and Susan's apartment

Susan's reading to the bump: Yertle the Turtle

Dr. Seuss published it in 1958 and later said the turtle king who stacks his subjects to sit higher was modeled on Hitler. Bold choice of bedtime story with Ross standing in the room.

Sources: The One Where Underdog Gets Away, Friends transcript · Here Are All the Books in FRIENDS, Book Riot

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