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A Squash and a Squeeze Paperback – 26 April 2016

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''Wise old man, won't you help me, please? My house is a squash and squeeze.''

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!

The brilliantly funny A Squash and a Squeeze was the first ever picture book written and illustrated by the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. 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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3 years and up
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32 pages
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English
Grade level

Preschool - Kindergarten
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22.5 x 0.4 x 28 cm
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Macmillan Children's Books
Publication date

26 April 2016
ISBN-10

1509804781
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978-1509804788
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Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's best-loved picture books, and was the 2011-2013 UK Children's Laureate. Her books include Room on the Broom, What the Ladybird Heard and the modern classic The Gruffalo, which has sold over 13.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over sixty languages. Julia also writes fiction as well as poems, plays and songs and her brilliant live children's shows are always in demand. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between Sussex and Edinburgh. Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognisable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. In addition to his picture books, Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty and gift books for Macmillan, such as the bestselling The Bedtime Bear, The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. He also illustrates the popular Pip and Posy series. Born in Hamburg, Axel now lives with his family in London.

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Julia Donaldson is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's best-loved picture books, and was the 2011-2013 UK Children's Laureate. Her books include Room on the Broom, What the Ladybird Heard and the modern classicThe Gruffalo, which has sold over 13.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over sixty languages. Julia also writes fiction as well as poems, plays and songs and her brilliant live children's shows are always in demand. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between Sussex and Edinburgh.

Axel Scheffler is a star illustrator whose instantly recognisable, warm and witty illustrations have achieved worldwide acclaim and numerous awards. In addition to his picture books, Axel is the illustrator of wonderful novelty and gift books for Macmillan, such as the bestselling The Bedtime Bear, The Tickle Book and Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. He also illustrates the popular Pip and Posy series. Born in Hamburg, Axel now lives with his family in London.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Macmillan Children's Books; UK ed. edition (26 April 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509804781
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509804788
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 22.5 x 0.4 x 28 cm

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Julia Donaldson is a top selling author of children’s books with over 65 million books sold worldwide. Among her greatest successes are Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo and Stick Man (all illustrated by Axel Scheffler), What the Ladybird Heard (illustrated by Lydia Monks) and The Giant Jumperee (illustrated by Helen Oxenbury). Julia’s books have been translated into over 72 languages.

Julia lives in the UK with her husband Malcolm and divides her time between Sussex in the South and Edinburgh in Scotland. From 2011 to 2013, she was the UK Children’s Laureate. Julia writes fiction, poems, plays and songs, as well as picture books. The TV films of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom have both been nominated for Oscars.

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Donna

Wonderful book

Reviewed in Australia on 3 June 2022

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I bought this for my3 yr old grandson and he loves it he loves the pictures and rhyming I think it’s great to and love reading it to him.

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Gorgeous book. My 4yr old loves it.. and so do I!

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Dheeraj S Rathore

Just buy when it says Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler together on a book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 August 2015

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I bought this along with 11 other Julia Donaldson Books(All Board Books). I did a lot of research before buying and building my 15 month old daughters first library along with Van Fleet, Eric Carle, Dr Suess etc. At first it was all about pictures then sounds then role play and now its the story in 12-13 months she has grown with these books and loves anything we introduce now. Each book has a 12-14 page story which gives you abundance of opportunity to spend quality time with your little one. Reading is just one of the things you can do with these. They are illustrated so very well with vibrant colours and end to end pictures that you have so much to explore if you introduce reading really young. I have copied some of the illustrations on to a A4 sheet given my daughter to color. Just buy when it says Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler together on a book.

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Laura Stark

Not the best story but still a nice book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2020

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This isn’t one of our favourite Julia Donaldson books but it’s still a great one to have in the collection. The hardback copy is ideal for young babies who like to eat everything and it’s easy for small hands to turn.

The pictures in this book are really nice and it’s fun to point out all the different farm characters. The rhyming is good too and the repetitive stanzas at the end of each section are good for young children who are learning to read.

The story isn’t one of the best in the Julia Donaldson collection in my eyes; I much prefer the funnier books or those with more of a plot. That said it does have a moral to it - be happy with what you’ve got - which is a good lesson.

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Marc

Wonderful rhymes and a clever twist

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 September 2016

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Julia Donaldson/Axel Scheffler books are works of art. The stories are written beautifully, rhyming with a rhythm that sets the pace. This ensures that as an adult I do not get bored reading the same stories over and over again as the more familiar the story becomes the more I can work on my expression and how I deliver giving me almost as joyful an experience as that of my son listening to them. I feel excited when he brings me a book and then we can have a short bonding session over the story before he goes off to play again. The books describe simple everyday scenes and experiences that a child might encounter helping them make sense of the world around them, mixed with magical characters like dragons, witches, Santa etc.
Alex Schefflers artwork is beautiful complements the stories perfectly. The same characters often pop up in different books, whether it be the Gruffalo Child’s stick man in his own story or simply a squirrel and a frog. This helps my son who is fifteen months old develop his own narrative. He does not understand the words I am reading but gets plenty from the rhythm and my intonation whilst building his own story and understanding from the pictures, he is always pointing different characters out to me or finding them when I ask where they are. He loves books and I think that these books enhance a joy of reading and learning. He brings the books to me time and time again.

This book has wonderful rhymes and a clever twist. Interestingly, it is not a personal favourite Julia Donaldson book for me. It is still excellent and is one of my partner's favourites. My little boy loves having her read it to him.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 November 2018

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Bought and paid as 'new' it's definitely not new. Markings and bent.

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Instant hit with the boy

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 February 2020

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I think I’ve read this story before but in my own youth (years & years ago ) about a woman who had loads of kids who made a mess so the wise old lady told her to move the animals in therefore teaching her boys to appreciate their surroundings. That said, my nearly 3 year old enjoyed this & no sooner had we finished it & he was asking for it again. It’s the 1st book they’re focusing on at his nursery as part of Julia Donaldson month. I don’t think it’s her best but I’m sure we’ll be reading it lots because it’s inoffensive & doesn’t feature anything with terrible teeth or terrible tongues nor does it have any deep dark caves, forests or animal flavoured porridge/ice cream which can sometimes play on my delicate ones mind.

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