The House on East 88th Street 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 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

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...

 named Lyle living in the bathtub. At first they are horrified, but they learn to love him and accept him into their family. Lyle's former owner Señor Valenti decides that he wants Lyle back after seeing Lyle's picture in the paper. Will Lyle ever get back to the Primms? Read the book to find out.

The book was followed by the sequel Lyle, Lyle Crocodile

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile

Lyle, Lyle Crocodile is a children's book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1965. It is the sequel to The House on East 88th Street, published in 1962.The book is the second in the Lyle the Crocodile series...

in 1965. In 1987, it was adapted into an animated musical TV special for HBO.