 Although Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories has not been directly adapted , several characters from the book have appeared in other media . Yertle is a character in the 1996 – 1997 television series The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss , and in Stephen Flaherty 's Broadway musical Seussical , Yertle serves as a judge and Gertrude McFuzz acts as Horton 's love interest . The story was also turned into a dance number in the 1994 film In Search of Dr. Seuss . 
