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''Wise old man, won't you help me, please? My house is a squash and squeeze.'' What can you do if your house is too small? The wise old man knows: bring in a flappy, scratchy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals. When you push them all out again, you'll be amazed at how big your house feels! This brilliantly funny story is the first ever picture book written and illustrated by the award-winning team of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, authors of The Gruffalo.
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Julia Donaldson is one of the UK's most successful picture book authors, whose titles regularly appear at the top of bestseller lists -- most notably, the acknowledged modern classic, THE GRUFFALO (0 333 71093 2). Her other picture books in collaboration with Axel Scheffler include ROOM ON THE BROOM (0 333 90338 2) and THE SMARTEST GIANT IN TOWN (0 333 96144 7). Julia is also much in demand for her brilliant events for children at schools, libraries and literary festivals.
Axel Scheffler has achieved worldwide acclaim for his illustrations, and his books have been translated into over 20 languages. He has enjoyed particular success in his picture book collaborations with Julia Donaldson, but is also the best-selling illustrator of novelty books including THE BEDTIME BEAR (0 333 63788 7) and THE TICKLE BOOK (0 333 78151 5).
Axel Scheffler has achieved worldwide acclaim for his illustrations, and his books have been translated into over 20 languages. He has enjoyed particular success in his picture book collaborations with Julia Donaldson, but is also the best-selling illustrator of novelty books including THE BEDTIME BEAR (0 333 63788 7) and THE TICKLE BOOK (0 333 78151 5).
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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful
By MacCruiskeen
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book for children from one to five - and beyond. The rhyming story and the colourful artwork appeal to very young children from the start while slightly older children enjoy `reading' along. The story is inventive, with just the right level of repetition and it pulls off the rare feat of being entertaining to the adult reader as well as to their audience.
45 of 46 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
This is a brilliant book. My 2 year old daughter demands to hear it every night and loves the pictures, and because the rhyme is so funny and is perfect to read aloud, I don't get tired of reading it to her, so everyone's happy.
93 of 96 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Library Binding
A hilarious rhyming story that had myself and a class full of 30, 6 year olds in stiches!
Two delightful characters - a little old lady (essential grey hair in bun!) and a wise old man (long, curious white beard!)with the help of numerous farmyard animals assist the old lady to realise that the house she thought was tiny wasn't as small as she thought. An important lesson in appreciating what you have.
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Story book
Very good condition and cheap price for a good quality book which you g children will love having read to them.
Published 9 days ago by Mad123
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Lovely
Very nice clean and tidy book, granddaughter loves the story along with all the other books by this author, thanks.
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brill
my 4yr old daughter loves this book. buy it now!!! same author as gruffalo so knew it would be good.
Published 12 days ago by N. Prabhu
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A Squash and a Squeeze
Another excellent book by Julia Donaldson who my granddaughter really likes. A story she understands and really colourful for her to look at.
Published 14 days ago by Ann
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An old lady grumbles that her house is a squash and a squeeze
Julia Donaldson back to her best with this book 'A Squash and a Squeeze.'
An old lady finds that her house is a squash and a squeeze until a wise old man advises her to bring... Read more
An old lady finds that her house is a squash and a squeeze until a wise old man advises her to bring... Read more
Published 29 days ago by J. Hamilton
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brillant to share with children
my children 8 and 5 loved thiss book and it has become a favourite.very amusing for children,caused lots of giggling
Published 1 month ago by tigger
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing
This book was way too short and not as funny as the other books such as the snail on the whale or the witches broom(?).
But we still love these books, so next!
But we still love these books, so next!
Published 1 month ago by Danius maximus
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Has rescued many a car journey!
My son is 22 months old and a friend gave us this CD for his first birthday. It has three tracks - 1) the story (narrated by Imelda Staunton and Steven Pacey) with sound effects,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Alex's honest reviews
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good read
adored by small grandchildren, and those not so small that are listening, would recommend all the books in the range
Published 1 month ago by amazon lady
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Trip down memory lane
My daughter loves this book (my son not so much but then he mainly likes books with trucks and bugs in them) and I love reading it to her although to be honest I am a little bias... Read more
Published 1 month ago by C Taylor
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