Taking a dog-walking job, Lyle the exuberant crocodile builds a hard-working reputation and takes on more and more customers until he is challenged to walk 10 dogs simultaneously, a situation that also tests his counting skills.
Lyle the Crocodile has the enviable job of New York City dog walker in this adorable counting book. Starting out with just one low-key dog, Gwendolyn, he works his way up to 10 in as many days. But not all are as placid and easy-going as the very first one With charming, nostalgic illustrations by the author's daughter, Paulis Weber. The first book in this now classic series, THE HOUSE ON EAST 88TH STREET, was published in 1961.
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: Animals / Alligators + Crocodiles, Concepts / Counting + Numbers, Animals / Dogs
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Pages: 24
- Language: English
- Format: hardcover
- Release Date: May 3, 2010
- Date Published: May 3, 2010
- Author: Bernard Waber
- Illustrator: Paulis Waber