Book of the week

A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson

A brilliant book for supporting your child’s speech and language development as its rhythmic repetitive verses support an awareness of rhyme and its repeated refrains encourage children to say out loud the words they believe are coming. 
 
While it is not the most popular of Donaldson’s and Scheffler's work, it is definitely one of the best and ends with a classic moral to the tale.

To buy (via Amazon): https://amzn.to/3gg9BAw

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Reading Tips: 

• If reading to a baby: Point out some of the features of the illustrations
• If reading to a toddler: Leave off the last work in each sentence and see if they are able to finish it.
• If reading to a child: Ask them to describe some of the finer details of the illustrations and talk about what it might be like to live in a house with all the animals.