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A Squash and a Squeeze

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$10.8 $15 In stock

From the celebrated picture-book duo behind The Gruffalo, this is the story of a lonely old woman whose tiny house starts to feel impossibly small — a wise old man's unusual solution, filling it with noisy farmyard animals, teaches her (and young readers) a funny lesson in perspective.

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  • Author: Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 3 reviews)

Chloe E. ★★★★★

We read it three times in a row last night; my daughter loves pointing at the tiny house each time the old man’s animals pile in. The rhyming rhythm is so bouncy that even my husband joined in without being asked, which never happens.

Joshua E. ★★★★★

This story is so clever — my kids laugh every time the old woman’s house gets crowded with the animals. The rhyming text makes it fun to read aloud, and the twist ending always gets a reaction.

Olivia N. ★★★★★

My three-year-old asks for this one every single night now, and I don't mind one bit — the rhyming is so clever and the pacing builds perfectly as the old man adds each noisy animal to her house. The twist at the end always makes her giggle, and it's honestly helped her understand the idea of being