Yertle the Turtle Audiobook By Dr. Seuss cover art

Yertle the Turtle

Preview
Get this deal Try for $0.00
Offer ends January 21, 2026 11:59pm PT
Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just $0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible Premium Plus.
1 audiobook per month of your choice from our unparalleled catalog.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Yertle the Turtle

By: Dr. Seuss
Narrated by: John Lithgow
Get this deal Try for $0.00

$14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime. Offer ends January 21, 2026 11:59pm PT.

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $1.79

Buy for $1.79

LIMITED TIME OFFER | Get 3 months for $0.99 a month

$14.95/mo thereafter-terms apply.
Dr. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The collection features tales about greed (“Yertle the Turtle”), vanity (“Gertrude McFuzz”), and pride (“The Big Brag”). In no other book does a small burp have such political importance! Yet again, Dr. Seuss proves that he and classic picture books go hand in hand.©1950, 1951, 1958, 1977, 1979, 1986 Dr. Seuss Enterprises; (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group Animal Fiction Animals Animals & Nature Classics Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Poetry & Nursery Rhymes Reptiles & Amphibians Witty Funny
Funny Life Lessons • Classic Story • Thrilling Performance • Great Dramatic Interpretation • Fantastic Narration

Highly rated for:

All stars
Most relevant
It is funny, it is a good book. My favorite part is when Mac burps.
-my 6 year old son

Love it!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

wonderful and very teachable scenario indeed!delightful addition to my 7 yr old daughter's all-time favorite stuffed animal(snuggle buddy) that she absoladores so so much!!

very good story and a very good overall moral!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Dr. Seuss and John Lithgow! Geniuses galore. I read these books to my sons and we loved them. John Lithgow gives such a thrilling performance that I can't imagine a finer one. And, although I know that this is completely off the wall, it struck me around two minutes in that the story predicts the current political nightmare. I know, I know, it was written long ago, and recorded in 2006. Nonetheless, Yertle is a preposterous figure. Exactly like someone we know.
If you don't love this, then I just don't know what.

One of the greatest pleasures in the Audible files

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

… of reality TV
His mighty great fall
is coming for you
and it’s coming for me!

[Hopefully quite soon!]

Yertle the star…

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

John Lithgow's narration is so fun to listen to; my 5- and 3-yr-olds ask to hear this Dr. Suess one over and over...they repeat some of his more dramatic lines. One of the best children's stories we've gotten from Audible.

Fantastic delivery by Lithgow

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews