In Business With Mallory (Mallory McDonald, #5) by Laurie B. Friedman

In Business With Mallory (Mallory McDonald, #5) Reviews

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  Ronyell

  “Harriet and the Garden” is another one of Nancy Carlson’s popular books featuring Harriet and this time, Harriet gets into trouble when she accidentally tramples her neighbor’s prized garden. “Harriet’s and the Garden” is a great book for children who want to read a book about the importance of telling the truth.
  
  Nancy Carlson has done a great job at both illustrating and writing this book. Nancy Carlson has brilliantly brought out the importance of telling the truth as Harriet’s conscience constantly bothers her. Nancy Carlson’s illustrations are cute and creative as her characters are all animals that have animal bodies, but stand up on two legs like a human. The images that stood out the most to me were the images of Harriet wearing summer clothing throughout the story as the child can clearly indicate that it summer judging by the short blue jeans that she wears.
  
  “Harriet and the Garden” is a fantastic book about the importance of telling the truth and taking responsibility for your actions. I would recommend this book to children ages four and up since there is nothing inappropriate for children in this book.
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  Sarah Sammis

  Harriet loves the series of books by Nancy Carlton that feature Harriet the dog. Her first introduction to the series was with Harriet's Recital . She has since read Harriet and the Roller Coaster, Loudmouth George and the New Neighbors (review coming) and Harriet and the Garden.
  
  In all the books Harriet learns a life lesson but in most of the books the lesson is disguised by a decent plot and characterization. Harriet and the Garden though goes for a blatant moral, so blatant that even Harriet didn't want to re-read the book.
  
  In this book Harriet and her friends are playing catch or baseball in the park. Unfortunately the park abuts a neighbor's yard and she hadn't put in a fence to separate the yard from the park. Harriet in trying to make the catch of her life ends up trampling the neighbor's prized plants.
  
  Harriet does the right thing but only after suffering through some very funny nightmares. These vivid dreams though come too late in the book to salvage the heavy duty telegraphing of the moral (tell the truth and take responsibility for your actions).
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  Erin *Proud Book Hoarder*

  Geez, this is the third book Harriet has had bad dreams when somethings on her mind! The girl is destined to become an insomniac. Also, I keep wondering what she is. I was leaning toward bear but the mystery is finally cleared in this book when I saw her mother, a clear dog.
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  Kaytee

  i am so steaming mad at this book because i can not believe that mallory actually bought the purse instead of maxs present i thought that was selfish of her and of mary ann.
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  Eliza Haentzler

  I LOVE this series! This is a great book. It's safe for kids. It's a girl's book. I love how the series doesn't really have to go in order. You can read the series in whatever order you want. It would be best to read the 1st book first, and then it doesn't matter. These books are completely safe for kids. Nothing you should be worried about. There is a little bit of love in the books, but nothing too inappropriate.
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  Allison Renner

  I brought home some books from my school library to read over break so I could be a better librarian for them. This is a series I would have loved as a kid - it kind of reminded me of Baby Sitters’ Club and that style of writing and story.
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  Maria

  Maria Gonzales 6-8 October 6th 2010
  
  
  This novel is about a nine year old girl who wants to start a business. Her name is Mallory. Her best friend, Mary- Ann wants to help her too. Mallory is so obsessed with wanting to start a business so she can buy “The Perfect Purse” that she’ll do ANYTHING! Mallory wants to get the perfect purse because apparently EVERYONE has it. She tried selling oranges, her joke books and a bunch of other crazy stuff. Mallory asked her best friend for some ideas. Mary-Ann and Mallory decided to start a salon. They decided to make t-shirts and do hair and make-up. When Mallory makes enough money for the perfect purse, she buys it. When she realizes that it really isn’t as great as everyone says it it. She regrets her mistakes! Mallory hasn’t hung out with her boy best friend in a long time because she has been to obsessed with the business and getting the perfect purse. Mallory forgets that it’s her older brother Max’s birthday also. She didn’t get him a present. All of that hard work was for nothing, because she HATES the “Perfect Purse.”
  
  I really liked this book because it was an easy read but a very good read. I can sometimes relate to Mallory. She is a girl who has an older sibling and so do I. Mallory wants to start and business and sometimes so do I. I also like this book because of Mallory's cat... Cheeseburger. Cheeseburger sounds like it could be my cat. My cat used to be a chubby lil cat, so is Cheeseburger. This book taught me a lesson. That lesson was to not be a follower, be a leader!
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  Sydney

  mallory is trying to get this perfect purse. it has 10 designs to go with it. her and maryann make a salon. instead of spending the money to buy max a present she gets the perfect purse. she makes max a card but he doesn't like it.
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  Grace

  This book is good and I thought that it was nice. It was a good book. I started reading them last summer when I was nine and now I'm ten and I thought I would pick up the last 19 books even though the print is to big!
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  Librarylady90

  This book does a nice job of showing children why it is important to take responsibility when they accidently do something wrong. The main character first evades it, but then she comes to realize she needs to confess so that SHE feels better.
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  Makenna

  pretty good...
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  Brett

  Cute & fun.
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  Katie Fitzgerald

  No review.
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  Ella

  I love that book. They make their own spa; it's awesome.
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  Justin Faustin

  its a very good books for book reports for school
  
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  Yousef Balat

  Good bed time story to read with daughter.
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  Jennifer

  Finally being able to see what you really should save your money for!