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“And when the relatives came, the house was full of hugs and laughter.“

When relatives come from far away, the house is filled with laughter, hugs, and shared memories. As the family gathers, they enjoy simple pleasures like eating, playing, and spending time together, making the most of their time as a unit.

highlights the universal feelings of love, excitement, and the warmth of family connection.

“Then it was hugging time. Talk about Hugging!“ This line is very prevalent on the two pages in the book. It shows everyone in the family hugging and smiling which makes the reader have a sense of happiness.

I thought this book was really funny and adorable. It reminds me of my family and about how close we all are. This book would be good in a classroom when talking about families and maybe summer vacations.

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant. 1985. Caldecott Award Winning. This book shows the movement of the car through horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines. This makes the reader feel like they are traveling with them. The pages of the family sleeping together shows the closeness of their family with them sleeping all over each other. The colors of this book are always bright even at night.

Though this has appeared on banned books‘ lists, I‘m still not quite sure what is objectionable about the book…don‘t get me started on book banning!

When relatives come for the summer, they bring lots of good tidings and fun. The illustrations show happy people doing everything together. I like the color scheme of the images and can see why it is a Caldecott Honor book. #PictureBook #BBRC #LetterR

Summary: The joy of closeness among families is important and the problems of separation.
Awards won: Caldecott Honors Award
Purpose of Award: Most distinguished American Picture Book for Children
Author: Cynthia Rylant
Illustrator: Stephen Gammel
Date of publication: 1985
Genre: Fiction

“Those relatives just passed us around their car”

This book was awesome! It is a great read for children learning about family and relatives. This book can be used for social studies standards in young children. Also this book teaches children the importance of family.

Author: Cynthia Rylant, illustrator: Stephan Gammell, Publication: 1985, Awards: Caldecott Honors Award. This book is about the joy that you find and how important it is to have closeness within families as well as the problems you find in separation.

The Relatives Came, by Cynthia Rylant and Illustrated by Stephen Gammell is a Caldecott Honor Book, and is published in 1985. It is a fictional book and includes the joy of family relationships and the problems of separation. This book shows the importance of closeness among families.

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant is about a family that came all the way from Virginia and they were visiting their extended family. They traveled in a rainbow-colored station wagon. Once they arrived at the house, they greeted their family members with lots of love. All summer long they took care of their garden that was filled with fruits. When they finally had to leave, they were disappointed they had to say goodbye to their family.

Genre: Fiction
Caldecott Award
Relatives came from Virginia to visit their family members for the summer and spend lots of time with them.This story can be used to teach family ties in social studies.
RA: Read Aloud
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The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant with illustrations by Stephen Gammell is a realistic fiction story about a family that goes to visit their extended family during the summer. After driving many long hours from Virginia, the family arrives to embrace their relatives with warm hugs and they spend the entire summer together tending to the garden and being together.

This book, a Caldecott Honor book, is about a family going to their family reunion and all the fun they have!

I would use this book in my future classroom, because despite the unhappy turn the ending takes it is a good book to teach about the importance of family and how you should treasure the moments you have with them.

You‘d have to go through at least four different hugs to get from the kitchen to the front room. Those relatives!

This F picture book is all about family coming to visit their relatives and explores all the benefits as well as struggles of family in town. This book would be a great RA around holiday time or vacation to remind students that family is for fun and support. It also won a Caldecott award.

“Then it was into the house and so much laughing and shining faces and hugging in the doorways. You'd have to go through at least four different hugs to get from the kitchen to the front room. Those relatives!“

I really enjoyed this book as I think it speaks to people that family is important and you should value the time you get to spend with them. Although the ending became sad, it still had an optimistic ending. I would use this book to show the importance of family and relationships.

The Relatives Came written by Cynthia Rylant. Caldecott Honor book. This book is about a family from Virginia leaving their home to visit others for a family reunion and how their summer is fun-filled with laughter and hugs all around.

“You‘d have to go through at least four different hugs to get from the kitchen to the front room. Those relatives!”

The pictures in the book are very fun and realistic. They show the feelings of the characters and environment.

The Relatives Came is a Caldecott winning book written by Cynthia Rylant. This story teaches young readers all about family and the different kinds. It has humor too. This book is very lively. It shows all the different kinds of people that there are.

This is very relatable and silly, so kids will love it. I‘m sure kids would love to read it with each other.

The illustrations are so well done that you can picture it in real life in your head. The plot is relatable to kids. The illustrations go with the pictures so well.

“They drove all day long and into the night, and while they traveled along they looked at strange houses and different mountains and they thought about their purple grapes back home.”

“And the relatives drove on, all day long into the night, and while they traveled along they looked at the strange houses and different mountains and they thought about their dark purple grapes waiting at home in Virginia.”

A great book to read to show the importance of family and appreciation.

Genre: Caldecott
This book makes me think of my family back home. I love how close, kind and grateful all of the relatives are in this book and how much they appreciate each other. I admire the simplicity of this book and the meaning behind it.

“they thought about their dark purple grapes waiting at home in Virginia. But they thought about us, too. Missing them. And they missed us.”
This quote is very relatable because I have definitely missed home, but also missed where i was leaving too.

I love this part of the story because it really shows you the variety in ages and character in each of the relatives!

Published in 1985 and awarded the Caldecott in 1986, this story is filled with incredibly detailed illustrations by Stephen Gammell in which help you understand this large family coming to visit. When I first picked up the book I didn‘t expect so many relatives to be visiting but after looking at the pictures it was clear there were many!

“You‘d have to go through at least four different hugs to get from the kitchen to the front room” this reminds me of my family at our annual Christmas Eve party.

This is a great book! I relate to this book. The traveling part reminds me of my family and I on vacation traveling to the beach.

Award: Caldecott honor
Year: 1985
This book really shows how happy families are when they reunite. Everyone was so excited and happy to see each other.

“Then it was into the house and so much laughing and shining faces and hugging in the doorways. You‘d have to go through at least four different hugs to get from the kitchen to the front room. Those relatives!”

The Relative Came written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Stephen Gammell, 1985. Caldecott Honor Book. A wonderful story about a big Appalachian family that comes together in the summer and their love and fondness for each other. It‘s a delightful story with equally delightful imagery and illustration.

The illustrations give a wonderful feeling of warmth and family. The use of colored pencil gives a soft and happy mood to the story. The characters, setting, and plot are all very distinct to Appalachia and the people that live there and I imagine that it‘s a very relatable story for children that love in those areas or even just have big families.

The Relative Came an HF book , a Caldecott Award Winning book. Great story of a family from Virginia who drives with an old station wagon to visit their relatives. Fun story how the spend their time helping fix things and and just having fun.Great book to lead discussion about their own vacation.

I borrowed this adorable RF book from Dr. Spalding! This book tells the story of a family whose huge extended family comes and stays in their house and all the emotions they feel when they leave! It‘s a cute story about family and would make a really great S book. #ucflae3414sp18