num_pages: 32
description: A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year!A multicultural family story that celebrates kindness and differencesLila is excited for her cousins Takeo and Rosie to visit. They're going to ride bikes paint and camp together! But when the cousins arrive everything's Rosie and Takeo are better painters than Lila have skateboards instead of bikes and don't want to camp outside.Lila is terribly disappointed until the cousins make her a a big banner for their best cousin Lila!Inspired by the author's own large diverse family When the Cousins Came is a sensitive story about insecurity hosting and friendship. Katie Yamasaki's tale paired with bright mixed-media art reminds children that negative thoughts and anxiety over exclusion don't always translate to reality and that even when plans go wrong you can still have a good time together.
language: English
title: When the Cousins Came
publisher: Holiday House