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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1998
Lyle at Christmas
Part of the Lyle the Crocodile series
A crocodile's Christmas wish: find a missing cat and restore holiday cheer.
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48 pages
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Bookroo's summary
Lyle the crocodile loves Christmas, but when Mr. Grumps' beloved cat, Loretta, vanishes, the holiday spirit dims. As the neighborhood rallies to find Loretta, Lyle discovers his true Christmas wish: bringing Loretta home. Can Lyle save the day and bring joy back to East 88th Street before Christmas arrives?
From the publisher
Christmas is an especially festive time for everyone’s favorite crocodile, Lyle. Lyle loves Bird and Loretta the cat, who live with Mr. Grumps. He loves East 88th Street and the house he shares with the Primms, and his mother.Lyle’s only problem is that he can’t decide what he wants for Christmas.However not everyone is filled with holiday cheer. Mr. Grumps has the holiday blues – so much so that even his adored cat, Loretta, has had it with miserable Mr. Grumps. And then, just a few days before Christmas, Loretta disappears and the entire neighborhood joins Mr. Grumps in the hunt for the lost cat.Now Lyle knows exactly what he wants for Christmas – the safe return of his good friend. Will he be able to find Loretta before Christmas and restore the holiday cheer to East 88th Street?
At a glance
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 48
- Reading age
- 4–8
- Audience
- Picture
- Lexile
- AD700L
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The fine print
Book details
Reading levels
- ATOS
- ~4.5
- F&P level
- ~Q
Publication
- Published
- October 26, 1998
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
Edition
- Language
- English
- Type
- Picture Book
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