About the Book: The Relatives Came
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.