Lyle finds his mother

Lyle finds his mother

Bernard Waber

Book - 1974

Lyle the Crocodile leaves his happy home on East 88th Street with the Primms to go in search of his mother at the urging of his former employer Hector P. Valenti, star of stage and screen.

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Subjects
Crocodiles > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books.
Genres
Picture books
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1974.
Language
English
Main Author
Bernard Waber (-)
Physical Description
47 p. col. illus. 28 cm
ISBN
9780395194898
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Our favorite crocodile is still living contentedly with the Primms on East 88th Street but his impoverished former partner Hector P. Valenti is ""up to tricks again"" scheming to lure Lyle back to the stage. Promising him a meeting With his ""dear sweet mother"" (""P.S. Bring along a snack""), Hector then announces that they will have to perform together to earn the fare to her jungle home. To Hector's surprise Lyle actually does find his mother -- what other crocodile would greet him with those fancy somersaults, handsprings, twirls and leaps? -- and though she's not quite as Lyle had pictured her (that is, not at all like Mrs. Primm). . .""a mother is still a mother."" And, being Lyle's, she's lovably at home here. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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