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The Relatives Came (Paperback) (Paperback)
by Cynthia Rylant
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Award-winning books, Ages 4-8, Children's book |
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The relatives come to visit from Virginia and everyone has a wonderful time. |
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Author: Cynthia Rylant
Publisher: Aladdin
Pub. in: July, 1993
ISBN: 0689717385
Pages: 32
Measurements: 10.4 x 9.5 x 0.1 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00105
Other information: Reprint edition
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The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Stephen Gammell is a lively children's book about a family and the relatives who came to visit them. It shows what type of things the family had to go through when the relatives showed up. There was hugging, eating, and breathing for many weeks, after which the relatives pack up and leave. They miss each other after they leave. The Relatives Came helps kids understand the importance of family. They realize that while the family may not be together; they are missed by the relatives. The font and illustration is both crazy and crooked. This helps show how packing for vacation is frantic. Gammell draws the pictures with vivid colors, and the pictures look as if they were drawn with color pencils. This helps keep the child attracted to the book because it is very eye-appealing.
Target readers:
Kids aged 4-8
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Cynthia Rylant was born in Hopewell, Virginia. She received her B.A. degree from Morris Harvey College in 1975 and her M.A. degree from Marshall University in 1976. She also received an M.L.S. degree in 1981 from Kent State University. She taught English part-time at Marshall University, Ohio University at Ironton, and the University of Akron. A Fine White Dust was a Newbery Honor Book for 1987, an award given by the American Library Association. When I Was Young in the Mountains was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1983, and The Relatives Came was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1986. Three of her books were Junior Literary Guild selections: Henry and Mudge in the Green Time, All I See, and Night in the Country. Birthday Presents and A Blue-Eyed Daisy were named Children's Choice books by a joint committee of the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council. The Relatives Came was named a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies for 1985 by a joint committee of the National Council on the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council. Four of her books were named Notable Children's Books of their years of publication, and two of her books were named Best Books for Young Adults by the ALA: A Fine White Dust for 1986, and A Kindness for 1988. Rylant's most recent awards include the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for children's fiction in 1992 and the John Newbery Medal in 1993 for Missing May. Rylant is also an ALA best book winner for A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories about Love as well as a School Library Journal best book of the year citation for Children of Christmas.
Cynthia Rylant has been described as unadorned, clear, and lyrical who presents young people's concerns and makes them as valuable and important as those of adults.
One of Rylant's most recent works is A Couple of Kooks: And Other Stories about Love about a mentally handicapped man who has a crush on an employee at the hardware store. Critics commended Rylant for her "honest, compassionate portrayal of her subjects' feelings".
The award winning book Missing May has received critical acclaim by many critics including the The New York Times Book Review's Karen Ray who asserted: "Ms. Rylant writes award-winning everything; picture books, humor, poetry, short stories and nonfiction. But it is her novels for young adults that her spare language, sense of place and deceptively simple stories explode most effectively". Ray also went on to add that Missing May "brings insight and acceptance to an odd collection of characters we will come to love very much".
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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.
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Jessica Deaton (MSL quote), Kentucky, USA
<2006-12-31 00:00>
This book, The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Stephen Gammell, was a delight to read. I found myself smiling as I read the words that made the artwork come alive. Likewise, I found myself recollecting over the memories of the past when my relatives would come to visit. And, I felt as if I, too, were a part of this book. Having experienced growing up in a small town where you don’t see that many people, I believe that when relatives come to visit, it almost seems like Christmas. As a result, when the book expressed the joy, laughter, and celebration of family, it stirred up these memories of the past. Unquestionably, almost anyone, from children to adults, could find themselves reminiscing and longing for the fun they had when their relatives come to visit. |
Steph (MSL quote), Charleston, WV
<2006-12-31 00:00>
This book was selected to be included on a banned book list. While taking Children's Literature at West Virginia State College I was given the opportunity from Mr. Samples to explore the possible reasons why this book was challenged. After unlimited amount of time researching this book I never found a concrete answer why. Also, I did not find who had selected the book to be on the list. I did however have my own opinion of the possible reason. One of the illustrations in the book showed two cousins sleeping together, each were of the opposite sex. This would be the only "flaw" this book would have; overall this is a great book. I would highly recommend using this book with your students in a classroom. This book celebrates the meaning of family with hugs and more hugs. Please enjoy reading and re-reading The Relatives Came. |
Donald Mitchell (MSL quote), Boston
<2006-12-31 00:00>
Do you remember being told as a child that some relatives (whom you didn't really recall) were coming to visit? If so, this book will evoke all of the trepidation and excitement of those days . . . not to mention the scattered inconveniences you experienced, that were quickly forgotten in oceans of warm acceptance.
The strength of the book is in its illustrations, which warmly capture emotional closeness, like being tucked into bed by your Mom after a wonderful but tiring day. For those illustrations, The Relatives Came won a Caldecott Honor Award in 1986 that is well deserved.
The images are very happy, soft and fuzzy all at the same time. The illustrations look as though they were produced with pastel pencils using very fine points, constantly sharpened. With rounded faces and bodies, everyone seems very open and comfortable in hospitable surroundings. I have rarely seen a book that sets a better illustrated tone for a friendly family gathering. It caused me to recall my favorite family reunions.
The story is not as strong as the illustrations, but is more than adequate. One part of the family lives in Virginia and is leaving before the grapes are ready to be picked. They get up at 4 a.m. and drive straight through in a food and luggage packed station wagon. They leave the same way, weeks later, after having spent a happy summer camping inside the relative's house they visit. The initial nervousness and homesickness give way to missing their relatives, based on the happy times they share together that summer. The conclusion is to do it again next summer!
The story is designed to pick up on the physical aspects of closeness, and use those to convey a connection to emotional closeness. For people who are kinesthetically oriented, this story will be gripping and realistic. For people who are visual, the story's illustrations will provide happy connections and experiences. For those who are auditory, the sound of breathing is described to extend the senses in that direction.
The story's strength is in drawing on happy memories of having been in the middle of such family visits. For children without such experiences, the book will seem abstract and disconnected. I suggest telling a story about experiences in your family that are like the one here. That will help your child make the connection to the themes expressed here.
Perhaps the best way to enjoy the story is to act out the physical actions and sounds with your child. You can take turns being one or the other part of the family.
Does your family have opportunities for extended closeness with relatives? If you don't, hopefully this book will cause you to consider making that happen. That will be one of the finest inheritances you can provide your children, a connection to deep wells of extended family love and acceptance.
Hug your family whenever you can! |
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