(2) 1-3 Eight snappy vignettes look at various familiar child predicaments: trying not to daydream in class, laughing so hard you can't even explain what's funny, being compared to a perfect-seeming child. The text is all dialogue, the illustrations are sketchlike, and both are spot-on with their child logic and humor. This edition's format is more novel-like than the "small and squarish" original.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: February, 1972; November, 2016

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Suzy Lee. On their walk through a park, a playground, woods, and then back home, a father-and-daughter pair shares the kind of queries and responses that gradually refine a small child's language: "'I like bugs.' 'Insects?' 'No, bugs.'" They explore wildlife and words with equal contentment. Lee's illustrations feature a spare colored-pencil line; imagination-welcoming white space; and a grand eye for color, action, and detail.

Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2015

(3) PS Along with an introduction by Waber and a counting activity, this collection includes The House on East 88th Street (1962), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1965), Lyle and the Birthday Party (1966), and Lyle Walks the Dogs illustrated by Paulis Waber (2010). Compared to most (heavy) picture book anthologies, this more manageable volume is easier to share.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn

(3) PS Illustrated by Paulis Waber. In this new book about Lyle, with its chatty text and lively illustrations by the author's daughter, the amiable crocodile starts his new dogwalking job with one dog and works his way up to ten. When all ten chase a squirrel, Lyle counts them again to make sure no one's missing. The dogs' differences add pizzazz to the counting exercise.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert

(2) K-3 Best friends Evie and Margie share everything, including the desire to star in the classroom production of "Cinderella." Margie masters the art of crying on cue, but Evie can produce little more than a weak moan. The tears flow freely, however, when Margie wins the part: jealousy has entered their world. Waber's loosely sketched hippopotami show their emotions freely. Read this one aloud for the full effect of Waber's delivery.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2003

(4) K-3 Kids will vicariously enjoy the feast as the population of Fast Food Town races around preparing and eating all kinds of yummy junk food. Finally, one of the cooks quits and starts working at a health-food restaurant, "slowly preparing / nature's greenery... / for folks taking time / to enjoy the scenery." Though abrupt, the conclusion is amusing, and Waber's rhyming text and familiar animal characters have appeal.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander

(2) PS Silence reigns in the house of a quiet man, his quiet wife, a cat named Mose, and parrot Will. Richly saturated pictures in vigorous crayon alternate with loosely outlined watercolor, setting up the drama between a snoring city mouse and the silent country home he disrupts. Hilarious banter builds up noisily as the mouse is taught quieter habits. A skilled reader will generally find a way around the sometimes awkward meter of the rhyming text.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2000

(2) K-3 A young firefly astonishes everyone with his bright light. "TURN OFF THAT LIGHT," shout the night-sleeping woodland creatures. Torchy tries to twinkle softly, but it takes more than wishing. The brilliant nonsense is cleverly shown in scenes that switch from darkness to a white daytime kind of illumination. The fine, funny answer to the problem unfolds with a fantastic and unexpected display of lights.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: October, 1970

(2) K-3 Lyle the crocodile and his family are enjoying the Christmas season, but their friend Mr. Grumps is in the dumps, especially when his cat runs away to escape the gloom at home. The complex plot--which involves a cat lady, Lyle's old friend Hector P. Valenti, and Lyle's arrest for housebreaking (he's actually housecleaning)--ends well in this perfect holiday book.

Reviewer: Ann A. Flowers | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1998