Valenti, whose intent is for him and Lyle to go to Australia and become entertainers again as they had been in the past. Waber’s passion for children’s books led him to create several beloved books, including “The House on East 88th Street,”“Ira Sleeps Over,” and “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.

Shawn Mendes, who voices the titular crocodile, features on eight of the soundtrack album's tracks, which also contains songs by Elton John and Stevie Wonder. Seeing that Lyle has his own movie, I thought I should check out the picture book that brought Lyle to life sixty years ago. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Heads To Summer 2023; Sony Dates Madame Web, Equalizer 3 Among Other Release Changes". Children will enjoy reading about Lyle’s antics and the unique illustrations that bring the story to life.

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Review: A charming, whimsical tale of a singing crocodile who helps a family find its voice. When I saw this book on my second-third grader's summer reading list, I admit I thought it would be far too easy a read. Parents need to know that Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, by Bernard Waber, is a delightful classic, published in 1965, and the sequel to The House on East 88th Street, published in 1962. Shawn never visited the set, however, as he was extremely busy and they were on a time crunch, but everything came together after he recorded the songs.

The film was released in theaters in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on October 7, 2022.Speck confesses that he and Gordon were thinking the fantasy would be Bardem, but they knew they should consider other options. Valenti (Javier Bardem), to show the world that family can come from the most unexpected places and there's nothing wrong with a big singing crocodile with an even bigger personality. It’s another winning book that’ll once again see Lyle bring separated but reunited again with his family, a new friend and learning not to judge a book by its cover, or scales 🐊. 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. Josh Gordon explains “We both grew up on it and we’ve wanted to make it to movie for a really long time.