Why am I passionate about this?
Iâm an award-winning childrenâs author who lives in Australia. I love reading and writing picture books, and although I mostly write fiction, I also love writing biographies. I am drawn to stories about women who have achieved something inspirational and unexpected and who may have not received wide recognition at the time or that any recognition has faded from public knowledge. I find it exciting to work with a team, that is the illustrator and the publisher, to create books that will find their way to children and allow them to imagine and feel another personâs life, and to see that everyday people do amazing things.
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Why did Kaye love this book?
Mary Garber loved sport. She played sport. She read about sport. And she wanted to write about sport. So, whatâs wrong with that? Nothing! Then why, as a woman, was she banned from the Press Box? During the 1940âs, sports reporting was a manâs job and Mary was discouraged from pursuing this type of work. But she did. After working decades in a job she loved, she became known as a reporter who didnât care who you were or where you were from. If you did something, she was going to write about you. I love this book for showing the strength and determination of Mary and how she brought her own special talents and observations to the reporting world. The illustrations beautifully capture the action and the era of this story.
1 author picked Miss Mary Reporting as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it. This book is for kids age 5, 6, 7, and 8.
âA heartfelt, informative, and thoroughly engaging picture book biography.â âSchool 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 werenât even allowed to sit in the press boxes at sporting events, so Mary was forced to sit with the coachesâ wives. But that didnât stop her.
In a time when African American sports were not routinely covered, Mary went to the gamesâŚ