A Squash and a Squeeze
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By Julia Donaldson, and and, Axel Scheffler
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89 reviews
""Wise old man, won’t you help me, please? My house is a squash and squeeze.""
Visit the farm in the brilliantly funny A Squash and a Squeeze, the first ever picture book written and illustrated by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.
A little old lady lives all by herself in her house but she’s not happy – it’s just too small, even for one. Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows: bring in a flappy, scratchy, greedy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals. When she pushes them all out again, she’ll be amazed at how big her house feels!
This edition features the classic story with a stunning, redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson and Scheffler fans – big and small!
Also available with redesigned covers are: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child, Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale, The Smartest Giant in Town, Monkey Puzzle and Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book.
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She has her animals in her house, she's silly
Funny when the goat ate the table cloth and the leg
A good fun book of how much you have if you take notice
One of our favourites
I thought it was funny
My favourite part was when the cow danced on the table.
It’s funny because she has to put all the animals inside the house and it’s all messy.
I enjoyed the goat in this book, it came after the hen
i thout this book was maveles
This book was really funny and a life lesson that: when you say you don't have any room in your house, you are kinda wrong because you have more than enough space than you think so enjoy and have fun!
I liked when the old lady shoved all the animals out of the house.
I like when the old woman shoved everyone out at the end.
Brilliant but simple to follow story line. My youngest loves this book and we read it often. Love the rhyming of the book. Highly recommend this book
This book was really interesting, my favourite character was the goat because he was chewing the curtains and nibbling the table chair and that was funny. I would recommend it to people/ children who feel like their house is small. Thanks!
i liked it when all the animals came in because the lady was suck with all the animals
I recommend this book because it is a fun to push, pull and slide the scenes to find out what happens when a little old lady fills her tiny house with farmyard animals.
This book was very enjoyed, I loved guessing the next animals
Love this book
Amazing book
The story was really funny and the rhymes make it easy to read.
I liked the old lady because she let the animals stay in and made chaos. It had a good moral of the story and taught me to be greatful for my house and all the space I have without all the animals. I would reccomend it to my freinds.
There is some funny bits in this book and it’s rhymes
I like this book because the cow was dancing on the table.
I like books books by Julia Donaldson as I have read oth34s by them. I liked all the rhymes in this one
I liked how the other animals were silly in the house. I thought it was funny how the hen, the pig and the goat were eating lots of food and the old lady was mad at them!
The wise old man was my favorite character because he found a solution for the old woman by making her see that actually her house is not really 'a squat and a squeeze'
Enjoyable story, just weird. Why putting animals in your house would make it bigger
This book is fiction. I like the wise old man because he helped the old lady make her house bigger. I would recommend this to a friend to see what animals they used.
I loved it!
Our favourite character was the wise old man who kept recommending weird ways to make the old lady’s house feel bigger
It was good but it ke0t repeating itself which I found annoying
