Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber

"A lively, memorable biography for younger readers." --Booklist (starred review)

"A reminder of the value of telling people's stories, whether pro player or soapbox racer." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A heartfelt, informative, and thoroughly engaging picture book biography." --School Library Journal (starred review)

From beloved author Sue Macy comes an illustrated biography of Mary Garber, one of the first female sports journalists in American history

While sitting in the bleachers of a Soap Box Derby in the 1950s, Mary Garber overheard two African-American boys in the following exchange: "See that lady down there?" asked one boy. "That's Mary Garber. She doesn't care who you are, but if you do something good, she'll write about you."

Mary Garber was a pioneering sports journalist in a time where women were rarely a part of the newspaper business. Women weren't even allowed to sit in the press boxes at sporting events, so Mary was forced to sit with the coaches' wives. But that didn't stop her.

In a time when African-American sports were not routinely covered, Mary went to the games and wrote about them. Garber was a sportswriter for fifty-six years and was the first woman to receive the Associated Press Sports Editors' Red Smith Award, presented for major contributions in sports journalism. And now, every year the Association of Women in Sports Media presents the Mary Garber Pioneer Award in her honor to a role model for women in sports media.

Sure to inspire future journalists, athletes, and any child who has a dream, this illustrated biography of Mary Garber captures her feisty and determined spirit and brings her story to life.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Published: 02/16/2016
ISBN: 9781481401203
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.60w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Booklist 11/01/2015 pg. 42
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 12/14/2015
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2016 pg. 112
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2016
School Library Journal 02/01/2016 pg. 115

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 180477 / Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber
Reading Level: 5.2 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5