The Relatives Came

Name: The Relatives Came
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Cynthia Rylant
ISBN: 9781430115496

Author: Cynthia Rylant

Narrator: Bonnie Kelly-Young

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Live Oak Media

Published: 01/01/1999

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

One summer, a car full of relatives came a long way to visit a family. The relatives hugged and ate and stayed for weeks, tending the garden and fixing around the house. And when they left, the house was too quiet, and the family and the relatives dreamed about their next reunion.A Live Oak Media audio production.

About Cynthia Rylant

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on June 02, 2019

A lovely simple story of a family from Virginia piling into a car and going a ways to see family for an extended stay. There are lots of hugs and more hugs and lots of food. People are sleeping on the floor and there is plenty of fun to be had. This reminds me of our family reunions. Each year we di......more

Goodreads review by Brooke on May 01, 2010

Summary: From School Library Journal The title of Rylant's exuberant tale is an understatement, for when "those relatives" came, they came en masse and they came for an extended stay. Their anticipation at seeing kin during their long, long drive and finally hugging them "against their wrinkled Virgi......more

Goodreads review by NS Kelley on October 27, 2009

I really enjoyed this story. It is a about a large family who live in two different places. They come to visit each other once a year. The author starts out the book describing one family (from Virgina) packing up their things and piling into a car together to drive all day and night to see the othe......more