Story by Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by Stephen Gammell
This is a story about the summer of year when the relatives came ti visit from Virginia. The story states that they left their grapes to go visit their relatives. Also that they had an old station wagon which they loaded up with all their stuff for the road. They left early in the morning and drove a long way to get there and as they drove they saw strange houses and different mountains which made then think about their homes and the grapes they left behind in Virginia. They finally arrived at their house and from there on it was a hugging marathon. Later they went into the house and hugged some more an did a lot of talking. They had dinner and they slept where they could. The relatives spent a long time visiting and eventually they left and went back to Virginia. They left early in the morning and traveled a long way back. They thought about their grapes on the way and they also missed the relatives they left behind.
I would use this book in my class because it has a good story and the illustrations are really good. I think k my students would enjoy having this book read aloud or also reading it during partner reading time. This book could provably be used from Kindergarten to Second grade.
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