FILE 01 • 2017
Parent Problem Solver
Dewey turns his talent for handling impossible grown-ups into a secret attic business—until his own parents become the case he cannot ignore.
OPEN FILE →DEWEY'S MASTER INDEX
Three case files. One office.
Lorri Horn's Dewey Fairchild series follows an eleven-year-old problem solver whose business expands from parents to teachers to siblings. The cases get stranger. The office gets busier. Clara keeps baking.
FILE 02 • 2018
Teacher Problem Solver
Now in middle school, Dewey adds troublesome teachers and school policies to the docket. Research, student voice, vending machines, and ridiculous plans follow.
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FILE 03 • 2019
Sibling Problem Solver
The family division opens. Brothers, sisters, new babies, technology, teamwork, and Dewey's own increasingly complicated home life all end up in the file.
OPEN FILE →WHO IS THIS FOR?
Readers, teachers, parents—and people looking for something a little different.
The series project materials identify the books for ages 9–12 and grades 4–7, while Lorri's Book 1 curriculum guide specifically supports grades 3–5 and older struggling readers. That makes Dewey useful for independent readers, family reading, classroom discussion, and readers who respond to humor and highly concrete problems.
OFFICE DIRECTORY
The cases have people attached.
Dewey does not operate alone. Clara keeps the office moving, Wolfie occupies the canine department, and Seraphina and Colin keep showing up whenever the case gets complicated.
THE FILE HAS HISTORY
Reviews, classroom materials, and a screen-development trail.
Parent Problem Solver received a starred Kirkus review and was included among Kirkus' Best Middle-Grade Books of 2017. Publisher materials also positioned the series beside titles such as Spy School, Lunch Money, Encyclopedia Brown, and other humorous problem-solving or school-centered books. Those are historical publisher comparisons—not claims that the books are identical.