I read the 'I Can Read' version. The story is perfectly suited to the constraints of a primer - simpler words and frequent repetition support the plot and tone.

The story is simple - Suzie needs to get to school. Her nanny/ babysitter, Miss Mugs, is determined to hurry through the whole morning, heedless of consequences. Well, a series of escalating consequences finally teaches Miss Mugs what Suzie, and the milkman, and policeman, and etc., have been trying to tell her all along. Haste makes waste, stop and smell the roses, just be.... all those lessons we still haven't learned, we needed to learn all those decades ago when this gem was written.

The pictures, too, support the characters and story. Fairly simple, somewhat scribbly & casual-looking, but fun and active - just right.

It's probably not in print any longer, but if your library system has a copy, check it out to prevent it from getting culled yet. ( )

A childhood favorite of mine i just recently found. Mrs. Muggs is babysitting little Suzie and always in a hurry which gets her into ever increasing trouble but she does manage to learn her lesson in the end. ( )