The Relatives Came

This book literally came in our box of Cheerios. It was a part of some marketing stint and the books included in that little marketing stint were all winners that I hadn't read before. But this one was my favorite. Ivar was just little...probably Hattie's age. And we read this over and over and over and over. In fact, one of his first phrases was "something-something-something Virginia." And we never knew what he was saying, but it was something about these relatives who came all the way from Virginia.

The book tells of one family visiting their relatives during the summer. And there isn't much more that happens than that. The family eats together, sleeps together, works together, plays together. They all love each other as the pictures clearly show. It's family at its best. And I adore this book. One Christmas I bought six copies and gave it to every cousin family of Ivar's. 

Family is the best. And this book says that over and over again. The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant.