She retreats to a dollhouse and meets some toy soldiers who help her reclaim her house.

Miss Suzy, a gray squirrel, lives “in the tip, tip, top of a tall oak tree” -until a throng of mean red squirrels displaces her. by Arnold Lobel, celebrates this tale’s reissue. Publishers Weekly (): Miss Suzy: 40th Anniversary Edition by Miriam Young, illus. The book’s appeal is in the coziness of the homes gentle Miss Suzy creates and in Lobel’s expressive crosshatch illustrations. Hornbook Guide to Children (): Miss Suzy, a squirrel, is routed from her idyllic treetop home by a bunch of ruffian squirrels moves into an attic dollhouse welcomes and mothers some abandoned toy soldiers and then regains her first, beloved home with the soldiers’ help. Miss Suzy, who loves to cook and clean, is kicked out by a rowdy band of male squirrels. New York Times, DecemA 50th-anniversary edition finds this story about a squirrel who loses then regains her cherished treetop home still winsome and gorgeously illustrated. Arnold Lobel’s enchanting pictures are sure to make the kind squirrel and the gallant soldiers the everlasting friends of all who turn these pages.

How Miss Suzy and the soldiers help each other makes a gentle, old-fashioned tale that has captured the imaginations of girls and boys alike for more than fifty years. But soon she finds a beautiful dollhouse and meets a band of brave toy soldiers. Miss Suzy is a little gray squirrel who lives happily in her oak-tree home until she is chased away by some mean red squirrels.

Miss suzy by miriam young