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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

By Carrie Kingsley, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 4+

Kind, talented crocodile charms humans in a sweet classic.

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age 4+

Based on 1 parent review

age 4+

You will laugh...that's guaranteed

The best I can say is that I was overjoyed that I only had to pay 6 bucks For this film compared to yesterday's 14 bucks for an equally entertaining movie.

This title has:

Educational value
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Great role models

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With warmth and kindness emanating from every page and lots of repetition to help early readers with sight words, this gentle classic holds up decades after it was written. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is a lovely book to snuggle up and read either together or alone, and it has a gentleness and easy pace that make it easy to smile along with Lyle. The way Lyle and his family treat each other and Mr. Grumps is a nice example of compassion, and the simple, sweet illustrations are an absolute delight.

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