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A Squash and a Squeeze

The old lady’s house is poky and small. Gosh, what a squash! What a squeeze! But with a cow on the table, a goat on the bed, and a pig in the larder munching her bread… not to mention a big flapping hen, can she make her house feel big and empty again? Full of vivid images, this brilliantly funny rhyming tale delivers a handy little lesson about showing gratitude for the things we take for granted. It’s a delightful read-aloud rhyme to share together, and as the pig raids the larder and the cow on the table taps out a jig, you’ll be helpless with laughter!

“a bit of a classic… A goat on the bed and a cow on the table tapping out a jig? My readers collapsed in heaps, and then had to have it read again. And again.” Vivian French, The Guardian

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Authors

Axel Scheffler

Axel is the illustrator of The Gruffalo and many other favourite picture books.

Awards

Axel illustrated The Gruffalo, which won the Smarties Gold Award for Picture Books in 1999 and was the Best Book to Read Aloud at the first Blue Peter Awards in November 2000. He also illustrated The Gruffalo’s Child, which was the WHSmith Children’s Book of the Year in the British Book Awards 2005.

Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s best-loved children’s authors.

Awards

Julia has won many awards for her books including THE GRUFFALO, which won the Smarties Prize, the Blue Peter award for “The Best Book to Read Aloud” and the Experian “Big Three” award. In 2003, Room on the Broom won both the Blue Peter award and the Sheffield Children’s Book Prize. In 2005 she won the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for The Gruffalo’s Child

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