Lyle at Christmas
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 1998

Lyle at Christmas

Written and illustrated by Bernard Waber

Book #8 in the Lyle the Crocodile series

A crocodile's Christmas wish: find a missing cat and restore holiday cheer.

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48 pages· AD700L
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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?

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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~4.5
F&P level
~Q
Publication
Published
October 26, 1998
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780395913048

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