Jeff Pennant's Field Guide To Raising Happy Parents by Kelli McKinney is a humorous contemporary middle grade novel about learning to see beyond yourself and recognizing the perspectives of others. Jeff doesn't understand why he's always in trouble with his parents, so he decides to conduct a science experiment to learn what makes them happy. Along the way and amid the mishaps, Jeff discovers what true friendship and love in a family are. Oh, and science, and video games, and terror turtles too. Winner of the Readers Favorite 5 Star Review, the Readers Favorite Award Finalist 2023, and the Angel Book Award!

Our courses are divided into two types: the Explore Course and the Analysis Course. This Analysis course focuses on a deeper Language Arts based approach to analyzing literature.

With a robust breadth of study, this individual online course provides a fun new way to deeply analyze—from a language arts perspective—the middle grade contemporary humor story Jeff Pennant's Field Guide To Raising Happy Parents by Kelli McKinney. The self-paced course study can span approximately 6 weeks, with guided close reading, online work, and 'paper and pencil' assignments. Lots of videos and downloadable PDFs keep the momentum going, and student choice keeps the kids engaged. Plus, they get to meet the author!