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The Relatives Came

by Cynthia Rylant

A summer visit filled with family closeness

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A summer visit filled with family closeness

A rainbow-colored station wagon brings a large family together for a summer stay. The visit unfolds through shared routines: long embraces, work in the garden, sweet fruit, and music from banjos and guitars. When the relatives depart, sadness is softened by the promise of meeting again next summer. The story centers on the warmth of an extended-family gathering and the way familiar traditions make parting feel temporary.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A fit for young children encountering stories about family visits and reunions.
  • For families who enjoy picture-book stories built around everyday shared activities.
  • Suitable for readers interested in gardens, summer gatherings, and family music.

Themes

Extended familySummer visitsTogetherness and reunionShared routines and music

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Book overview

The relatives' station wagon: it smelled like a real car, looked like a rainbow, and was roomy enough for a crowd.
Lucky! Because a big crowd in all shapes and sizes piled into that old wagon at four o'clock one summer morning and piled out of it the next day at their relatives' place on the north side of the mountains. All in good moods.
The visitors settled in everywhere throughout the house, laughing and making music and hugging everyone from the kitchen to the front room. And they stayed for weeks.
Cynthia Rylant's words and Stephen Gammell's pictures take warm delight in the time the relatives came -- when two sides of a family made one roomy middle.
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