Bernard Waber

Mrs. Primm fears Lyle the crocodile is terribly sick, when in reality he's just "green" over Joshua's birthday party.

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 in the bathtub. At …

Ira is thrilled to spend the night at Reggie's, until his sister raises the question of whether he should take his teddy bear.