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A Squash and a Squeeze

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A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

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By Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

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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 and it’s now available as a board book!

Reviews

05 May 2026

We loved the rhyme. Helped to remind me to be grateful for what I have.

21 Dec 2025

I wouldn’t like that many animals in my house!

14 Dec 2025

I quite liked this book but it was a bit long for me

23 Sep 2025

Little old lady felt her house was too small

16 Sep 2025

This story teaches us the appreciate what we have. My favourite character was the wise old man.

07 Sep 2025

My mummy read this to me a lot when I was little and I love kt

06 Sep 2025

I like when the cow is dancing!

04 Sep 2025

Funny

01 Sep 2025

The old lady think that her house is small. She asked the wise man what to do. He gives her some ideas to check is her house is small. How it is goes?

29 Aug 2025

This book made me laugh. My favourite part was the cow dancing on the table.

29 Aug 2025

I like the old lady because I prefer her to the old man.

27 Aug 2025

It was funny and a good story to read.

27 Aug 2025

A bit hard to read. My favourite was the chicken

24 Aug 2025

A Squash and a Squeeze is a brilliantly funny story with an important moral about being grateful for what we have.

24 Aug 2025

I liked the bit where the cow came in.

19 Aug 2025

Very good

18 Aug 2025

I like the book because it’s funny

14 Aug 2025

I love the cottage

13 Aug 2025

Really enjoying all the rhyming books.

11 Aug 2025

I like the repeating parts.

11 Aug 2025

I like the old grandpa because he has wisdom

10 Aug 2025

The wise old was is very clever. I first thought he was being very mean by making crowding the little house even more! Enjoyable read

08 Aug 2025

I liked it that the lady thought there was no room in the house but after she took all the animals out she said there was lots of room!

08 Aug 2025

Liked the moving motion

07 Aug 2025

I think it is a good book and I would recommend it to someone else

06 Aug 2025

I like that the old lady was happy at the end dancing with fiddle-de-dees

06 Aug 2025

It was funny

04 Aug 2025

Great!

03 Aug 2025

The wise old man is my favourite because he helps the lady see that she has what she needs already.

01 Aug 2025

A funny story and she loves telling the animals how naughty they are for making a mess

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