Parent Problem Solver
Dewey Fairchild, Parent Problem Solver
Dewey turns solving other kids’ parent problems into a secret business, until the biggest parent problem becomes his own.
CONFIDENTIAL • CLIENT INTAKE • ATTIC DIVISION
Pitch Dewey
a case.
Parent driving you nuts? Teacher making school impossible? Sibling ruining your life?
Dewey takes cases.
Clara handles the paperwork. Wolfie is not supposed to eat it.
Client files!
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FORM DF-01
Open a case with Dewey.
Describe the problem. Dewey’s office will classify it and add it to the case queue.
PREVIOUS CASE FILES
The Dewey archives.
Three books. One increasingly busy problem-solving operation.
Teacher Problem Solver
Dewey Fairchild, Teacher Problem Solver
The business expands into middle school as students bring Dewey teacher problems, school disasters, and policies that need investigating.
Sibling Problem Solver
Dewey Fairchild, Sibling Problem Solver
The sibling division opens with electronics and social media, teasing and retaliation, privacy and attention, and Dewey’s own sisters becoming part of the evidence.
NEWLY INDEXED • BOOK 3
The sibling division is now mapped case by case.
The complete Sibling Problem Solver source archive has been converted into a structured case guide: Archie and Angelica Thomas, Claire and Adam Bautista-Knickerbocker, Efren and Louise Disk, and Dewey’s own lessons from Stephanie and Pooh Bear.
CASE MAP
Follow the problems.
See each major sibling case, the reported problem, what Dewey observes, how he reframes it, and what happens when the solution creates new consequences.
READER GUIDE
Follow the themes.
Explore sibling rivalry, privacy, attention, family rules, technology, older-and-younger sibling dynamics, and funny middle-grade problem solving.
OTHER DRAWERS IN THE OFFICE
The books are not the whole file.
Some visitors need a book. Some need a lesson plan. Some are wondering what Dewey looks like when the case file starts thinking in scenes.
FOR TEACHERS • LIBRARIANS • CLASSROOMS
The Teacher's Desk
Lorri Horn created a standards-aligned curriculum guide with pre-reading work, literary analysis, research, debate, writing, vocabulary, and hands-on problem-solving activities tied directly to Dewey's cases.
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY • SCREEN ADAPTATION
Restricted Screen File
The Dewey archive includes a children's television treatment and later screenplay development. The files preserve episode concepts, character notes, visual comedy, the attic office, Clara, Wolfie, and Dewey's expanding problem-solving world.
REVIEWS • INTERVIEWS • OLD EVIDENCE
Clara's Clipping File
Kirkus, The Children's Book Review, educator reviews, interviews, blog-tour stops, launch history, and the recovered Instagram archive all lead deeper into the office.
LOCATION: CLASSIFIED
Welcome to the office.
Dewey’s hidden attic headquarters has client pillows, paperwork, Clara’s baking station, Wolfie, and an entrance through the air ducts.
There may be cookies along the way.
AIR DUCT↓↓CLIENT
LANDING→DEWEY'S
DESK
LANDING→DEWEY'S
DESK
REVIEWS & NEWS
Dewey has a paper trail.
Reviews, awards, interviews, and other evidence have been accumulating in Clara’s filing cabinet. Apparently she kept everything.
FROM THE OLD CASE FILES
Dewey, randomly.
Clara keeps finding things in boxes: illustrations, jokes, book moments, odd evidence, and promotional artifacts nobody remembers filing. One item at a time seems safest.