The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant; Stephen Gammell
	List Price:   $7.99 Unit Price:   $6.39 You Save:   $1.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0689717385 ISBN-13:   9780689717383 Publisher:   Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; Aladdin Edition:   Reprint, illustrated Category:   Family/Relationships Pub. Date:   July 1993 Pages:   32 Format:   Trade Paper Ages:   3 to 7 Grades:   ps to 2
Awards
1986  Caldecott Medal  Nominee/Honoree  1989  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree  1983  Golden Sower Award  Winner!  1987  Bluegrass Award  Winner!  1988  Flicker Tale Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION FAMILY LIFE_FICTION
Description/Notes
When a carload of their relatives pay a visit, a beleaguered family cannot tell one cousin from another. A Caldecott Honor Book. Full color. Details abound in this telling of the day the relatives came-in an old station wagon-hugs, fun, and laughter. 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.