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	Macy, Sue. MISS MARY REPORTING : THE TRUE STORY OF SPORTSWRITER MARY GARBER New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016 IL K-3, RL 3.3 ISBN 1481401203 (2 booktalks)
Click on the book to read Amazon reviews	Booktalk #1 When Mary Garber was born in 1916, girls did not play many sports; it was not considered “lady like.” Mary grew up loving sports of all kinds in spite of the fact that there were few women athletes as role models. Mary was able to turn her love of sports and her love of reporting into a ground-breaking career as a sportswriter. Her career lasted over fifty years. She finally stopped writing about sports when she was 86 years old! Not only did Mary serve as an inspiration to other women who wanted to be sports reporters, she did what she could to help break down racial barriers by reporting on black athletes just as she reported on white ones. Mary helped to change the world of sports reporting by following her dream with determination and goodwill. (annotated by Martha Lambertsen Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2017-2018 ) Booktalk #2 Petite Mary Garber brought a big revolution to the world of sports reporting in the 1940s. Against many odds, she devoted her life to equality in sportswriting. (Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award nominee, 2018) Booktalk #3 Mary Garber, an unusual girl growing up, never let anyone stop her from doing what she wanted. She became a sports writer at a time when women were NOT allowed in locker rooms. But even when society said she couldn’t do something, she found a way to do it. As she earned the respect and admiration of the people around her, attitudes slowly changed and Mary found herself on the forefront of reporting. As one African American boy stated to his friend, “That’s Miss Mary Garber. And she doesn’t care who you are, or where you’re from, or what you are. If you do something, she’s going to write about you.” GARDEN STATE CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS, 2019
	SUBJECTS: Garber, Mary, 1916-2008. Sportswriters. Women -- Biography.

Macy, Sue.
MISS MARY REPORTING : THE TRUE STORY OF SPORTSWRITER MARY GARBER
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2016
IL K-3, RL 3.3
ISBN 1481401203

(2 booktalks)

Click on the book to read Amazon reviews

Booktalk #1

When Mary Garber was born in 1916, girls did not play many sports; it was not considered “lady like.” Mary grew up loving sports of all kinds in spite of the fact that there were few women athletes as role models. Mary was able to turn her love of sports and her love of reporting into a ground-breaking career as a sportswriter. Her career lasted over fifty years. She finally stopped writing about sports when she was 86 years old! Not only did Mary serve as an inspiration to other women who wanted to be sports reporters, she did what she could to help break down racial barriers by reporting on black athletes just as she reported on white ones. Mary helped to change the world of sports reporting by following her dream with determination and goodwill. (annotated by Martha Lambertsen Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2017-2018 )

Booktalk #2

Petite Mary Garber brought a big revolution to the world of sports reporting in the 1940s. Against many odds, she devoted her life to equality in sportswriting. (Connecticut Nutmeg Book Award nominee, 2018)

Booktalk #3

Mary Garber, an unusual girl growing up, never let anyone stop her from doing what she wanted. She became a sports writer at a time when women were NOT allowed in locker rooms. But even when society said she couldn’t do something, she found a way to do it. As she earned the respect and admiration of the people around her, attitudes slowly changed and Mary found herself on the forefront of reporting. As one African American boy stated to his friend, “That’s Miss Mary Garber. And she doesn’t care who you are, or where you’re from, or what you are. If you do something, she’s going to write about you.” GARDEN STATE CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS, 2019

SUBJECTS:     Garber, Mary, 1916-2008.
                        Sportswriters.
                        Women -- Biography.