A Squash and a Squeeze

Julia Donaldson

Pan Macmillan, 2011 - Juvenile Fiction - 26 pages

'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! The brilliantly funny A Squash and a Squeeze was the first ever picture book written and illustrated by the award-winning team of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, authors of The Gruffalo. This handy board book format is perfect for little hands.

About the author

Julia Catherine Donaldson was born on Sept. 16, 1948 in London. She is a British writer and playwright and the 2011-2013 Children's Laureate. She is known for her rhyming stories for children. These include: The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She began writing songs for children's television but has focused on writing books when the words of one of her songs - A Squash and a Squeeze were made into a children's book in 1993. She has over 180 published works with 120 of them intended for school use and include her Songbirds phonic reading scheme, which is part of the Oxfird Reading Tree. She has won several awards including: The Stockport Book Award for her title The Troll, The Oxfordshire Book Award for her title Zog and The Oldham Book Award for her title Jack and the Flumflum Tree. In 2015 The Gruffalo made The New Zealand Best Seller List.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Squash and a Squeeze
• Author: Julia Donaldson
• Illustrated by: Axel Scheffler
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan, 2011
• ISBN: 023076021X, 9780230760219
• Length: 26 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Farm Animals; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General