{"id":9068935905517,"title":"Baseball for Breakfast","handle":"baseball-for-breakfast","description":"\u003ch6\u003eComing February 17, 2026. Pre-order today!\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eBaseball for Breakfast\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA (Mostly) True Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/judy-campbell-smith\"\u003eJudy Campbell-Smith\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/maggie-carroll\"\u003eMaggie Carroll\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTake me out to the ball game . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJimmy’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!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJimmy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on real historical events, this fictionalized story celebrates family, fun, and American resilience in a turbulent time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/waiting-for-pumpsie\"\u003eWaiting for Pumpsie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/baseball-counting-book\"\u003eThe Baseball Counting Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n[TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-spread.jpg?v=1753300531\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer data-pin-shape=\"round\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover.jpg?v=1753300531\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover-hires.tif.zip?v=1754404180\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudy Campbell-Smith, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJudy Campbell-Smith writes the picture books she wishes she had a child that spark curiosity and celebrate diversity. Her books are an engaging mix of fact and fiction, and she is often inspired by true stories and real people in her work. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eIce Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World\u003c\/i\u003e. Judy is very active in the kidlit community and lives in Southern California with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/judy-campbell-smith\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Judy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaggie Carroll, illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaggie Carroll is an illustrator from Wisconsin, America's Dairyland. She holds an MA from Edinburgh College of Art and a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art \u0026amp; Design. She enjoys combining the past with the present through illustration and design from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries with modern techniques and tools. She also loves to eat cheese and to draw silly and inky things. When not drawing, she listens to 80s music, goes for walks, and spends time with her dogs and family. www.maggiecarrollillustration.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/maggie-carroll\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Maggie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eForget bacon and eggs—Milwaukee mornings during World War II began with Brewers baseball.\u003cbr\u003e\nBefore the United States entered the war, a young Black boy named Jimmy loved walking to the stadium with his Ma and Pop to watch the Milwaukee Brewers play. But in 1941, Pop joins the Navy and Ma starts to work nights at the factory as women across the country become part of the workforce. Jimmy misses going to baseball games. One evening, he’s surprised by an offer of free tickets from the Brewers owner himself, Mr. Bill Veeck. Jimmy declines because his Ma is at work, giving Veeck an idea. Soon the news breaks that the Brewers will play morning games and offer free admission for night-shift workers. At the first game, fans are delighted when Brewers coach Red Smith pops out of a four-poster bed right in the center field, clad in his pajamas, just before the first pitch. Vendors even sell coffee and cornflakes instead of frankfurters and popcorn. Though Jimmy and his family are fictionalized, a detailed author’s note explains the history of the Brewers’ morning games and addresses the choice to center the story on a Black protagonist, drawing attention to the often-overlooked Black women who joined the wartime workforce. Energetic scenes are described in upbeat prose and sketched with digitally rendered permanent marker outlines and a vintage colorway that evokes the period.\u003cbr\u003e\nA playful baseball story with a helping of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-62354-570-3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 5–8\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 32\u003cbr\u003e8 x 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication date: February 17, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]","published_at":"2025-09-17T08:58:40-04:00","created_at":"2025-08-05T09:35:41-04:00","vendor":"Charlesbridge","type":"Children's Book","tags":["Browse by Age_Ages 3-6","Browse by Fiction\/Nonfiction_Fiction","Browse by Format_Picture Book","Browse by Language_English","Browse by Subject_History \u0026 Biography","Browse by Subject_Sports"],"price":1799,"price_min":1799,"price_max":1799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":48504545018093,"title":"Hardcover","option1":"Hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"45703","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":44407937695981,"product_id":9068935905517,"position":1,"created_at":"2025-07-23T15:55:29-04:00","updated_at":"2025-07-23T15:55:31-04:00","alt":null,"width":600,"height":750,"src":"\/\/steamworksbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover.jpg?v=1753300531","variant_ids":[48504545018093]},"available":true,"name":"Baseball for Breakfast - Hardcover","public_title":"Hardcover","options":["Hardcover"],"price":1799,"weight":390,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":10,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"9781623545703","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":36245355397357,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":750,"width":600,"src":"\/\/steamworksbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover.jpg?v=1753300531"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/steamworksbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover.jpg?v=1753300531"],"featured_image":"\/\/steamworksbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover.jpg?v=1753300531","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":36245355397357,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":750,"width":600,"src":"\/\/steamworksbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover.jpg?v=1753300531"},"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":750,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/steamworksbooks.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover.jpg?v=1753300531","width":600}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch6\u003eComing February 17, 2026. Pre-order today!\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eBaseball for Breakfast\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA (Mostly) True Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/judy-campbell-smith\"\u003eJudy Campbell-Smith\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/maggie-carroll\"\u003eMaggie Carroll\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTake me out to the ball game . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJimmy’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!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJimmy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on real historical events, this fictionalized story celebrates family, fun, and American resilience in a turbulent time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/waiting-for-pumpsie\"\u003eWaiting for Pumpsie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/baseball-counting-book\"\u003eThe Baseball Counting Book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n[TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-spread.jpg?v=1753300531\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer data-pin-shape=\"round\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover.jpg?v=1753300531\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/baseball-for-breakfast-cover-hires.tif.zip?v=1754404180\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudy Campbell-Smith, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJudy Campbell-Smith writes the picture books she wishes she had a child that spark curiosity and celebrate diversity. Her books are an engaging mix of fact and fiction, and she is often inspired by true stories and real people in her work. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eIce Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World\u003c\/i\u003e. Judy is very active in the kidlit community and lives in Southern California with her husband and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/judy-campbell-smith\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Judy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaggie Carroll, illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaggie Carroll is an illustrator from Wisconsin, America's Dairyland. She holds an MA from Edinburgh College of Art and a BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art \u0026amp; Design. She enjoys combining the past with the present through illustration and design from the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries with modern techniques and tools. She also loves to eat cheese and to draw silly and inky things. When not drawing, she listens to 80s music, goes for walks, and spends time with her dogs and family. www.maggiecarrollillustration.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/maggie-carroll\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Maggie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eForget bacon and eggs—Milwaukee mornings during World War II began with Brewers baseball.\u003cbr\u003e\nBefore the United States entered the war, a young Black boy named Jimmy loved walking to the stadium with his Ma and Pop to watch the Milwaukee Brewers play. But in 1941, Pop joins the Navy and Ma starts to work nights at the factory as women across the country become part of the workforce. Jimmy misses going to baseball games. One evening, he’s surprised by an offer of free tickets from the Brewers owner himself, Mr. Bill Veeck. Jimmy declines because his Ma is at work, giving Veeck an idea. Soon the news breaks that the Brewers will play morning games and offer free admission for night-shift workers. At the first game, fans are delighted when Brewers coach Red Smith pops out of a four-poster bed right in the center field, clad in his pajamas, just before the first pitch. Vendors even sell coffee and cornflakes instead of frankfurters and popcorn. Though Jimmy and his family are fictionalized, a detailed author’s note explains the history of the Brewers’ morning games and addresses the choice to center the story on a Black protagonist, drawing attention to the often-overlooked Black women who joined the wartime workforce. Energetic scenes are described in upbeat prose and sketched with digitally rendered permanent marker outlines and a vintage colorway that evokes the period.\u003cbr\u003e\nA playful baseball story with a helping of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-62354-570-3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 5–8\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 32\u003cbr\u003e8 x 10\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication date: February 17, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]"}