2007 Nominee: Coming On Home Soon

Staying with Grandma while Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth misses her mother, who loves her more than rain and snow.

     Author: Jacqueline Woodson
        Biography and Photo

• Art and/or Writing:  Continue the story from the point where Mama is been reunited with Grandma and Ada Ruth.
• Point of View:  Tell the story from Mama's point of view.  What kind of experiences did Mama have in Chicago?
• Guest:  Invite a community member or relative who lived during World War II to speak to the class or library.
• Research:  Learn about the home front, and the role of women and/or African Americans during World War II.  Use the famous Rosie the Riveter poster as a starting point.  Discuss the Tuskegee Airmen.
• Music:  Bring in music from the World War II Era:  Big Bands, Blues, and Jazz (Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, etc.)
• Art:  Create a diorama inspired by the story.
• Language:  Write letters to a loved one who lives far away.  Or write a letter from Ada Ruth's to her mother.
  

• Easter Parade by Eloise Greenfield
• The Sunday Outing by Gloria Jean Pinkney
• When Mama Comes Home by Marisabina Russon
• While You Are Away by Eileen Spinelli
• The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson (illustrated by E.B. Lewis
• Our Gracie Aunt by Jacqueline Woodson
• Always My Dad by Sharon Dennis Wyeth

• Pictures of women working during World War II
  
• Voices of World War II (FLASH)
  
• Women and World War II
  

2007 Nominee Resources