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' Wise old man won't you help me please? My house is a squash & 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! This brilliantly funny story is the first ever picture book written & illustrated by the award-winning team of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler authors of The Gruffalo"." ...

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Wise old man won't you help me please? My house is a squash & 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! This brilliantly funny story is the first ever picture book written & illustrated by the award-winning team of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler authors of THE GRUFFALO & it's now available as a board book!" ...

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A little old lady thinks her house is a squash & a squeeze but with the advice of a wise old man & the help of a few farmyard animals she soon discovers that it's not as small as she thought. Perfect for classroom use this extra-large edition

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Sir Alex Ferguson who retired from Manchester United as the most successful manager English football has ever seen was simultaneously the most admired and feared manager in British football. During almost forty years in the dugout and over half a century in the professional game he's torn up the record books amassed a treasure trove of silverware and unleashed the hairdryer - as well as the odd football boot - on countless players rival managers referees and journalists. But amid the sound the fury and the mind-games lurks one of sport's greatest wits. So here we present Sir Alex Ferguson: uncompromising unrivalled and uncut. On Arsene Wenger: 'They say he's an intelligent man right? Speaks five languages! I've got a fifteen-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages.' On
Dennis Wise: 'He could start a row in an empty house.' On referees: 'Can anyone tell me why they give referees a watch? It's certainly not for keeping the time.' On his humble beginnings: 'People say mine was a poor upbringing. I don't know what they mean. It was tough but it wasn't bloody poor. We maybe didn't have a TV. We didn't have a car. We didn't even have a phone. But I thought I had everything and I did: I had a football.' After the winning the European Cup in 1999: 'I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football eh? Bloody hell.'

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Sir Alex Ferguson who retired from Manchester United as the most successful manager English football has ever seen was simultaneously the most admired & feared manager in British football. During almost forty years in the dugout & over half a century in the professional game he's torn up the record books amassed a treasure trove of silverware & unleashed the hairdryer
- as well as the odd football boot
- on countless players rival managers referees & journalists. But amid the sound the fury & the mind-games lurks one of sport's greatest wits. So here we present Sir Alex Ferguson: uncompromising unrivalled & uncut. On Arsene Wenger: ' They say he's an intelligent man right? Speaks five languages! I've got a fifteen-year-old boy from the Ivory Coast who speaks five languages.' On Dennis Wise: ' He could start a row in an empty house.' On referees: ' Can anyone tell me why they give referees a watch? It's certainly not for keeping the time.' On his humble beginnings: ' People say mine was a poor upbringing. I don't know what they mean. It was tough but it wasn't bloody poor. We maybe didn't have a TV. We didn't have a car. We didn't even have a phone. But I thought I had everything & I did: I had a football.' After the winning the European Cup in 1999: 'I can't believe it. I can't believe it. Football eh? Bloody hell.'

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TV - A shortened term for television

Football - A sport involving kicking a ball and trying to score a goal

Watch - A small clock designed to be worn on a person

phone - Short for telephone. A device that transmits sound allowing point to point communication over long distances

Car - A machine used for transport which runs on roads

professional - A term used to describe products or people which may be focused on specialist educational training

Year - The time it takes the planet earth to orbit the sun. This takes around 365.25 days.

Professional - A person that is trained within a profession.

Year - 365 days (366 days in a leap year), the time taken for planet earth to make one full revolution around the sun.

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