We got the best present in the mail today from our dear friend ee. It seems she read about our recent squirrel fiasco and so decided to send us one of her favourite books when she was a little girl -- Miss Suzy. Written by Miriam Young and illustrated by Arnold Lobel, it tells the story of a little grey squirrel who gets chased out of her treetop home by a band of marauding red squirrels. So Miss Suzy gets into the attic of a dilapidated old house and takes up residence in a charming dollhouse she finds there. She discovers five toy soldiers in a box, who move into the dollhouse with her in a kind of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves situation. She looks after them through the long winter and then, in return, they chase the gang of red squirrels out of her beloved treetop home in the spring. Thank you, ee! Miss Suzy is teaching us to love squirrels, the sweet little grey ones, anyway. (Ours was red.)
Someone will read the story to you on youtube.
Oooh, this is good. We love Arnold Lobel and have squirrels scurrying by our kitchen window constantly. ("Mommy, make them go away!")
Posted by: Kerry Clare | February 17, 2012 at 02:32 PM
You will love it, Kerry.
Posted by: Steph | February 20, 2012 at 05:33 PM
Oh, I just love this book! The illustrations are so soothing. I still have the ratty old copy from my childhood, and I can't wait to share it with my own children. I'm keeping it high on the shelf for a few years until they're old enough to not rip the pages out!
Posted by: Kristina L | February 21, 2012 at 06:16 PM