The Relatives Came

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Relatives Came
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by Stephen Gammell
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:32
Dimensions(mm): Height 267,Width 248
ISBN/Barcode 9780689717383
Audience
Children / Juvenile
Preschool (0-5)

Publishing Details

Publisher Simon & Schuster
Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication Date 31 July 1993
Publication Country United States

Description

In a rainbow-colored station wagon that smelled like a real car, the relatives came. When they arrived, they hugged and hugged from the kitchen to the front room. All summer they tended the garden and ate up all the strawberries and melons. They plucked banjos and strummed guitars. When they finally had to leave, they were sad, but not for long. They all knew they would be together next summer.

Author Biography

Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, Motor Mouse, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Stephen Gammell is the beloved illustrator of more than fifty books for children, including Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman, which received the Caldecott Medal, and two Caldecott Honor Books: The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker, and The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate Our School by Judy Sierra. Mr. Gammell lives with his wife, Linda, in St. Paul, Minnesota.