Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream 
By Crystal Hubbard
Illustrated by Randy DuBurke
9781584302438
If there was anything in the world better than playing baseball, Marcenia Lyle didn't know what it was. As a young girl in the 1930s, she chased down fly balls and stole bases, and dreamed of one day playing professional ball.
With spirit, spunk, and a great passion for the sport, Marcenia struggled to overcome the objections of family, friends, and coaches, who felt a girl had no place in the field. When she finally won a position in a baseball summer camp sponsored by the St. Louis Cardinals, Marcenia was on her way to catching her dream.
Full of warmth and youthful energy, Catching the Moon is the story of the girl who grew up to become the first woman to play for an all-male professional baseball team. Readers everywhere will be inspired by her courage to dream and determination to succeed.
- Awards
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Storytelling World Honor Award
Stories for Young Listeners
Storytelling World
Children's Books of the Year
Bank Street College Children's Book Committee
2006 Amelia Bloomer Project
Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table of the American Library Association (ALA)
2006-07 Florida State Award Masterlist
Florida Reading Association
- Interest Level
- Grades 1 - 5
- Reading Level
- Grades 3 - 4
- Themes
- Biography, African/African American Interest, Breaking Gender Barriers, Dreams & Aspirations, Self Esteem/Identity, Sports
Crystal Hubbard is a lifelong sports enthusiast and a former sports copy editor for the Boston Herald. She now writes full time and lives in Massachusetts with her husband and their three children.
Randy DuBurke received the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent in illustration for his first book, The Moon Ring. He is a full-time artist, whose work has also appeared in D.C. and Marvel comics, The New York Times Book Review, and Mad magazine. A native of Brooklyn, New York, DuBurke now lives in Switzerland with his wife and their two sons.
