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Baseball for Breakfast: A (Mostly) True Story

by Judy Campbell-Smith

A morning game during wartime

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A morning game during wartime

Set during World War II, the story connects a family’s changing routines with a new idea for baseball: games in the morning, when night-shift workers can attend. Jimmy, a Black child whose father has gone overseas and whose mother works nights, encounters the Milwaukee Brewers’ owner and helps bring that possibility into view. The premise, based on real historical events, links a child’s experience of family and baseball with the disruptions of wartime life. Cornflakes and nightgowns offer a child’s-eye detail in this account of how a familiar pastime might adapt to changing circumstances.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in baseball and family stories.
  • Young readers exploring stories set during World War II.
  • Families looking for fiction that connects sports with historical events.

Themes

Baseball and communityFamily life during wartimeResilienceBlack childhood

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Book overview

The perfect start to any day is with ushers in nightgowns and Cornflakes instead of popcorn. Join Jimmy as he experiences morning baseball during WWII.

Based on real historical events, this fictional book for ages 5 to 8 celebrates America's pastime and resilience through the eyes of one Black child.

Jimmy's family loves going to Milwaukee Brewers games together, but all that changes during World War II when Pop goes overseas to fight and Ma starts working nights in a factory. Then Jimmy has a chance meeting with the team's owner and helps inspire a new idea: morning baseball games!

Jimmy is about to experience baseball in a whole new way (it may involve Cornflakes). A perfect solution so night shift workers can end their day with a game while others begin theirs.

Written by Judy Campbell-Smith, Baseball for Breakfast celebrates family, fun, and being American during a turbulent time when people were tested for their resilience.
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