By Bernard Waber, Author & Illustrator. Everyone in the neighborhood loves Lyle the crocodileexcept for a cranky neighbor and his nervous cat! Can lovable Lyle make everything right with his grumpy neighbors? Lyle the crocodile lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. Lyle enjoys helping the Primm family with everyday chores, and playing with the neighborhood kids. Hes the happiest crocodile any home ever haduntil one neighbor insists that Lyle belongs in a zoo! Mr. Grumps and his cat, Loretta, don’t like crocodiles, and everything Lyle does to win them over seems to go wrong. It will take all of Lyles charmand courageto reveal the hero, and friend, behind the big, crocodile smile. For ages 4 and up.