Parents
The original family-problem case file.
PARENT PROBLEMS →READER GUIDE • FAMILY DIVISION
Middle grade books about family, without pretending families are simple.
Dewey’s cases begin with one of the most dependable sources of kid problems: family. Parents embarrass you, siblings invade your room, adults overreact, younger kids push buttons, and even good intentions can become a mess.
Family is the case file.
Dewey Fairchild, Parent Problem Solver turns parent-child friction into the central mystery. Dewey listens to other kids, studies what their parents are doing, and tries to design solutions. By the third book, siblings become an entire new division of the business.
The series uses comedy, but the family conflicts are recognizable: privacy, independence, embarrassment, attention, rules, habits, communication, and figuring out what another person actually needs.
Siblings
Brothers and sisters turn out to need their own department.
SIBLING PROBLEMS →Keep looking.
See books about siblings for kids, funny middle grade books, or the complete Dewey Fairchild middle grade guide.