For my series study, I chose to read the Mallory McDonald Series. The three books that I chose from this series are Red, White, and True Blue Mallory, Happy Birthday Mallory, and In Business with Mallory.
I found these books to be very entertaining and funny! Mallory and the other characters in these books were quirky and kept me interested the entire book. It was funny because the Mallory and her best friend in the book, Mary Ann, reminded me of me and my best friend from home. Even though these books were about nine year olds, I think a lot of people from all ages could relate and learn from the lessons portrayed in these stories.
In the book, Happy Birthday Mallory, she decides that she needs to celebrate her birthday for an entire month. However, when she brings up this idea to her parents, they are not so thrilled about it. The only part that her mom agrees to, is a weekly birthday cake. But when Mallory expects her birthday to be the best month of her life, she keeps getting let down and deals with a lot of issues. In order to try and salvage her birthday month, she decides to plan her own surprise party with her best friend, Mary Ann. In the end, she ends up with an even bigger surprise and learns an important lesson about trust and friendship.
In the book, In Business with Mallory, Mallory and her best friend, Mary Ann both want to get the Perfect Purse that they saw on TV. Since, they always get the same of everything, when Mary Ann's parents buy the purse for her right away and Mallory's parents do not get it for her, she is extra upset. When Mallory calls her Grandma to buy her the Perfect Purse, her Grandma refuses, but suggests that she could try and buy the purse herself by starting a business. After many failures, Mallory finally finds a business that works and she get to buy the Perfect Purse. But how "perfect" is the Perfect Purse? She ends up learning that thinking of others is more important than doing things for herself.
In the book, Red, White, and True Blue Mallory, Mallory's class goes on a field trip to Washington, D.C. This book is filled with fun facts about the nation's capital! Mallory and Mary Ann are supposed to stay partners through the whole trip, but instead her friend finds a new boy. Through the field trip Mallory gets upset and her and Mary Ann learn the importance of friendships.
I loved how the author wrote the book in Mallory's point of view and the drawings that "Mallory drew" added humor to the book as well. My favorite book out of the three that I read was Red, White, and True Blue Mallory. I liked how the entire book was a journal. I actually learned a lot about the capital of the United States from reading her journal. This would be a fun book to read in the classroom to teach about the capital because it was funny and quirky.
I would definitely reccommend these books to anyone of any age, but especially those in the primary grade level. If anyone likes Junie B. Jones, they will definitely love Mallory! When I was at my track meet passing time, I even read these books to my teammates (who are in college) and they thought Mallory was hilarious!
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