# Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber - Hardcover

by **Sue Macy** (Author), **C. F. Payne** (Illustrator)

**"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!**

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.

### Author Biography

Sue Macy is the acclaimed author of many books for young readers, including _Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber_, which was on the Amelia Bloomer List and named a CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book, among many other accolades. Sue is also the author of _Wheels of_ _Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom_ and _Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player_ _Put Women's Hoops on the Map_. A former editor at Scholastic, she lives in Englewood, New Jersey. Learn more at SueMacy.com.

C. F. Payne has illustrated more than a dozen picture books, including the _New York Times_ bestselling _Mousetronaut_ by astronaut Mark Kelly; the Texas Bluebonnet winner _Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy_, written by Phil Bildner; and the _New York Times_ bestsellers _The Remarkable Farkle McBride_ and _Micawber_, both by John Lithgow. He teaches at the Columbus College of Art & Design, where he is the chair of the Illustration Department. Payne lives with his wife and children in Cincinnati, Ohio. Visit him online at CFPayne.com.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 11 x 8.6 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** February 16, 2016

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber

**Interest Level:** Lower Grades, K-3

**Reading Level:** 5.2

**Point Value:** 0.5

## Details

- **Price:** 19.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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