A Squash and a Squeeze
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This month's front cover features Nick Butterworth's All Together Now! (see Authorgraph for details). The book is published by HarperCollins and we thank them for their help in using this illustration.
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A Squash and a Squeeze
Illustrated by Axel Scheffler
A jolly version of the traditional tale in which a little old lady complains that her house is too small. Advised by the wise man to take in all her animals and then to get rid of them again, she realises the house is, in fact, 'weeny for five', but 'gigantic for one' and lives contentedly thereafter. Written in lively rhyming couplets and amusingly illustrated in bold colour, this will entertain children from 5 to about 8. And it will interest adults to see at what age children 'get' the point.
