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A Squash and a Squeeze (Hardcover)

by Julia Donaldson (Author), et al (Author), Axel Scheffler (Illustrator)
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Product details

  • Hardcover: 32 pages
  • Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books; New edition edition (20 Jun 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405004762
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405004763
  • Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.8 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 59,925 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Product Description
"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.

About the Author
Julia Donaldson has had many books published and her work has been performed on programmes such as Playschool. She has also written for BBC radio and runs drama and music workshops for children. Axel Scheffler has had books published in over a dozen countries. His books for Macmillan have included The Bedtime Bear, the Smarties gold award-winning The Gruffalo and, most recently, The Smartest Giant In Town (ISBN: 0 333 961447). Born in Hamburg, he now lives in London.

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69 of 70 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A squash and a squeeze, 16 Jun 2002
By A Customer
This review is from: A Squash and a Squeeze (School & 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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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Appealing & beautifully illustrated rhyming story, 14 Sep 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: A Squash and a Squeeze (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.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Squeeze this one in, 23 Oct 2006
By MacCruiskeen (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Squash and a Squeeze (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.
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