The Relatives Came [Paperback]

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.Cynthia Rylant is the author of more than 100 books for young people, including the beloved Henry and Mudge, Annie and Snowball, Brownie & Pearl, and Mr. Putter & Tabby series. Her novel Missing May received the Newbery Medal. She lives in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Visit her at CynthiaRylant.com.

Stephen Gammellis the beloved illustrator of more than fifty books for children, includingSong and Dance Manby Karen Ackerman, which received the Caldecott Medal, and two Caldecott Honor Books:The Relatives Cameby Cynthia Rylant,Where the Buffaloes Beginby Olaf Baker, andThe Secret Science Project That Almost Ate Our Schoolby Judy Sierra. Mr. Gammell lives with his wife, Linda, in St. Paul, Minnesota.