A squash and a squeeze written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Another great story by the writer of the Gruffalo, this story is about a lady who feels her house is too small, my house is a squash and a squeeze she grumbles, when a wise old man hears her and offers to help.
The wise old man says bring in your hen; bring in my hen what a curious plan!
So the story proceeds with the wise old man advising the lady to bring in all her animals one by one and each time the house is getting to be more and more of a squash and a squeeze!
In the end the wise old man tells her to take out all the animals, to which she realises her house is perfect for one, it isn’t a squash and it isn’t a squeeze!
This is a lovely story for children, with great pictures and lots of rhyme, easy to follow and great fun to read again and again.
My three children love this story and we have been reading it for the last few years, they never get bored of it and now the two year old is really enjoying it!