Lyle, Lyle Crocodile is a children's book written by Bernard Waber

Bernard Waber

Bernard Waber is an American children's author most famous for the books The House on East 88th Street , Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and the subsequent books in the Lyle series.- Background :...

 first published in 1965. It is the sequel to The House on East 88th Street

The House on East 88th Street

The House on East 88th Street is a children's book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1962.The book is the first in the Lyle the Crocodile series. The story is about a family named the Primms who move into an old Victorian brownstone, only to find a performing crocodile named Lyle living...

, published in 1962.

The book is the second in the Lyle the Crocodile series. The fictional series follows the life of Lyle, a city-dwelling crocodile

Crocodile

A crocodile is any species belonging to the family Crocodylidae . The term can also be used more loosely to include all extant members of the order Crocodilia: i.e...

 who lives in a Victorian brownstone with a family named the Primms.

The story begins with Lyle and Mrs. Primms going shopping and running into their neighbor, Mr. Grumps. The grouchy Mr. Grumps finds Lyle a nuisance because Lyle scares his cat

Cat

The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...

, Loretta, and he has him thrown in the zoo

Zoo

A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....

. When Lyle is freed by his old performing partner Mr. Valenti, they go back to the house on 88th Street, where they find Mr. Grumps' house on fire. Lyle rescues Mr. Grumps, is declared a hero, and thus is allowed to stay with the Primms.

HBO Musical

The musical film for Lyle, Lyle Crocodile was released for television on November 12, 1987.

It made its first home video release by Hi-Tops Video (now Media Home Entertainment, Inc.) two years later.