The House on East 88th Street is a children's book written by Bernard Waber first published in 1962.

The story is about a family named the Primms who move into an old Victorian brownstone on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, only to find a performing crocodile named Lyle living in the bathtub.

At first they are horrified, but they learn to love him and accept him into their family.

In 1987, The House on East 88th Street, as well with its 1965 sequel Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, were adapted into an animated musical TV special for HBO, animated and directed by Michael Sporn with music by Charles Strouse, titled Lyle, Lyle Crocodile: The Musical - The House on East 88th Street.

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