Summer’s finally here, and Derek Fallon is looking forward to pelting the UPS truck with water balloons, climbing onto the garage roof, and conducting silly investigations. But when his parents decide to send him to Learning Camp, Derek’s dreams of fun come to an end. Ever since he’s been labeled a “reluctant reader,” his mom has pushed him to read “real” books—something other than his beloved Calvin & Hobbes. As Derek forges unexpected friendships and uncovers a family secret involving himself (in diapers! no less), he realizes that adventures and surprises are around the corner, complete with curve balls.

My Life as a Book is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

德列克本人強推：

我塗鴉超威。你可以邊看圖邊讀我的故事。
我閱讀超遜。但我發現超讚的閱讀方法。
我搞怪超酷。我和麥特聯手，我媽快瘋了！

My Life as a Book 塗鴉天才德列克 #1: 我媽也不知道的秘密
My Life as a Stuntboy 塗鴉天才德列克 #2：不要叫我特技姐！
My Life as a Cartoonist 塗鴉天才德列克 #3
My Life as a Joke 塗鴉天才德列克 #4

德列克最受不了媽媽或老師叫他去看書或閱讀，
他寧願用火柴人畫出一個個的單字。
即使不想看故事，他卻發現自己還是莫名被故事包圍，
包括探索家族祕密、認識勇敢的小猴子，甚至還要去當特技替身演員！
就讓德列克用火柴人帶你進入這個有點搞笑又有點溫馨的塗鴉小說世界！