Baseball for Breakfast: The Story of a Boy Who Hated to Wait [Hardcover]

Bill Myers (Author), Frank Riccio (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 7 and up

In this picture book from Bill Myers, author of The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle series, Jimmy finds a magic pocket watch that lets him skip ahead in time. Maybe a week, a day or just until the end of class or until it's his turn up to bat again.

Soon, however, he discovers the wisdom of God's Plan for us to experience not just the good times, but the bad times, and especially the in-between times.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 1-3-Always impatient, Jimmy dreams that he finds a magic watch that enables him to skip ahead through time. He discovers that he can be at baseball practice instead of sitting through a whole day at school-it can even be his turn at bat. He goes on to skip meals he doesn't like, haircuts, shopping for clothes, bathing, and studying. In the end, though, he realizes that when he avoids "the bad and in-between times of life," he is disobeying God's plan, and that to live fully one must experience bad times, as well as good. The maudlin illustrations complement the didactic tone of the text.-Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY

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Review

[Grades 1-3.]

Always impatient, Jimmy dreams that he finds a magic watch that enables him to skip ahead through time. He discovers that he can be at baseball practice instead of sitting through a whole day at school-it can even be his turn at bat. He goes on to skip meals he doesn't like, haircuts, shopping for clothes, bathing, and studying. In the end, though, he realizes that when he avoids "the bad and in-between times of life," he is disobeying God's plan, and that to live fully one must experience bad times, as well as good. The maudlin illustrations complement the didactic tone of the text.

--Sally R. Dow, Ossining Public Library, NY --School Library Journal --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 7 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (July 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849958717
• ISBN-13: 978-0849958717
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,931,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hi.
Thanks for checking up on me. Probably best to go over to my web site: www.Billmyers.com for biography information. And if you're really bored, there's my fan site over on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Bill-Myers/44983396181 Oh, and one last thing. If you're a student and your class reads one of my books, I'll do a 'meet the author' 30 min question and answer session by speakerphone with your class from my office here in California. If you're a reader's group, the same thing goes...in which case I'd recommend ELI to really get the discussion juices flowing - at least until THE GOD HATER comes out in 2010. Thanks for stopping by!
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Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PATIENCE! PATIENCE! PATIENCE!, May 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Baseball for Breakfast: The Story of a Boy Who Hated to Wait (Hardcover)

Baseball for Breakfast is a delightful book for kids, especially those who hate to wait. The book shows it's readers what can happen when you don't take time for all things in life and how that thinking only of yourself can be disastrous. A wonderful book to show that each moment is important and that patience is truly a virture!

5.0 out of 5 stars Basball for Breakfast, February 10, 2010

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This review is from: Baseball for Breakfast: The Story of a Boy Who Hated to Wait (Hardcover)

Jimmy hated to wait. He did not think that waiting was fair. His mother told him that it was good to wait and learn patience. Jimmy thought about what his mother said until he fell asleep. On his way to school the next morning he found a very strange watch. He discovered that when he moved the minute hand forward it would skip time. When Jimmy got to his class his teacher was taking role so he moved the minute hand forward a little bit and the recess bell started ringing. After recess jimmy was hungry so he turned the watch hand forward and it was time for lunch. After lunch jimmy moved the hand forward thee more hours, and he was running to baseball practice. Jimmy did not have to wait for anything, but after skipping so many meals, eating too much dessert, and not taking baths he became weak and people called him "rotten egg". Jimmy had skipped all the rainy days to have a sunny day so there was a big drought. Pretty soon they would have no food. His mother told him that eating his vegetables made him strong, and that skipping rainy days made it so that they would have no water. His mother told him to break the watch and not skip another moment. It was a hard decision but finally Jimmy threw the watch on the side walk and it broke into a thousand pieces. When jimmy woke up he looked out the window as it started to rain. He wondered if baseball practice would be canceled but it really did not matter.