A Squash and a Squeeze

by Julia Donaldson

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With the help of an old man and all of her animals, an old lady realizes that her house is not as small as she thought it was.

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Tökéletes, mint mindig. A történet, a rajzok, a fordítás. Egyszerre kötötte le az ötévest és a 16 hónapost! Na, ilyet melyik könyv tud? A Kicsi odavolt a rengeteg cicáért (=állatért) a képeken, az Ovis pedig tátott szájjal figyelt, mi lesz ebből. A végén nagyot mosolygott, a Kicsi pedig magához ölelte a könyvet, és elvonult vele. Délután még többször nézegette elmélyülten.

Update 2019/2020: Újraolvasásoknál is imádják és abszolút beépült a tanulság, maguktól emlegetik, amikor gonoszanya módban próbálom őket rendrakásra kényszeríteni.
Tökéletes, mint mindig. A történet, a rajzok, a fordítás. Egyszerre kötötte le az ötévest és a 16 hónapost! Na, ilyet melyik könyv tud? A Kicsi odavolt a rengeteg cicáért (=állatért) a képeken, az Ovis pedig tátott szájjal figyelt, mi lesz ebből. A végén nagyot mosolygott, a Kicsi pedig magához ölelte a könyvet, és elvonult vele. Délután még többször nézegette elmélyülten.

Update 2019/2020: Újraolvasásoknál is imádják és abszolút beépült a tanulság, maguktól emlegetik, amikor gonoszanya módban próbálom őket rendrakásra kényszeríteni.
Some of the synonyms in this are sort of peeves of mine (I don't believe in "pet" peeves per se, but come on, "weeny" for small?), and it has that thing where the old woman is complaining and the (wise) old man fixes everything, but it's still a nice little story, and the pictures of the animals interacting are funny (look for the goat watching the pig ransack the larder), and smart chilluns should be able to figure out the wise old man's clever plan before the big reveal and feel all good about theyselves.
A little old lady asks a wise man to help her because her house is just a "squash and a squeeze" . Sh doesn't have enough room! the wise man has her bring various barnyard animals into the house, with funny results. As she evicts each animal her house seems to get bigger! I love this book's. rhyme and illustrations
I read this aloud to The Boof every week. It never fails to amuse. (Could be the book or maybe my reading skills)
This is such a wonderful story with a great lesson, lots of laughs and beautiful artwork.
This book is about a little old lady, who was unhappy about her house because she felt it was too small. She asks an old man for help and he tells her to bring her farm animals in the house. By the end of the story, the little old lady takes the farm animals back outside and realizes her home is not small. She is happy with her home.

Age: 4-7
Source: JBLM Grandstaff Library
Book was used for strategy instruction: Effective Questioning for Adv Lang and Literacy Methods Class at Pierce College

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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 show more 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. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Original publication date
1993
Dedication
In memory of our first editor, Elke Lacey, and for her son, Fred.
First words
A little old lady lived all by herself
With a table and chairs and a jug on the shelf.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Yes, she's full of frolics and fiddle-de-dees.
It isn't a squash or a squeeze.

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Children's Books, Picture Books
DDC/MDS
823.92Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-2000-
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PZ8.3 .D7235 .SLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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