Kirkus Reviews • Book 1 • 2017
Parent Problem Solver
A starred review and a place among Kirkus’s best middle-grade books of 2017.
“winning debut”
CLARA'S CLIPPING FILE / REVIEWS
The review file.
Clara clips everything. Reviews, reading lists, interviews, publication dates, odd comparisons in the margins—if somebody wrote about Dewey, there is a decent chance it wound up in this cabinet.
The Children’s Book Review • 2017
Ages 9–12, family, humor & problem solving
The dedicated review highlighted creative thinking, readable design, entertaining characters, friendships, parent-child relationships, humor, and cookies.
“Highly Recommended.”
The Children’s Book Review • August 2017
Best new middle-grade stack
Dewey appeared among eleven new middle grade books for tweens and preteens, listed for ages 9–12.
Reader Review • 2017
Encyclopedia Brown meets Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle?
One reader supplied an unusually compact description of Dewey’s mix of investigation, kid agency, humor, and remedies for troublesome grown-ups.
“Imagine a cross between Encyclopedia Brown and Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle.”
2017 Awareness Tour
Dewey goes on the road
TeacherDance, Word Spelunking, Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers, icefairy’s Treasure Chest, Shooting Stars Mag, LitPick and other sites joined the launch-month tour.
Author Interviews • 2017
Why Dewey? Why humor? Why problem solving?
Lorri talks about John Dewey, the idea of Dewey as a “do-er,” imaginative solutions, reluctant readers, family, school, and the planned series.
Kirkus Reviews • Book 2 • 2018
Teacher Problem Solver
“Grass-roots politics at its best, likely to leave readers flushed with laughter.”
Kirkus Reviews • Book 3 • 2019
Sibling Problem Solver
“Both hilarious and wise—another winner in this adventure series.”
TeacherDance • Series Review • 2019
Serious, silly, and thoughtful
“There is a lot to love in these books that will entertain, but also inform thinking for readers.”
OTHER CLIPPINGS
The paper trail keeps going.
California English reviewed Sibling Problem Solver, and the archive still contains more launch-era interviews, reviews, school-library notes, and tour fragments to recover.