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My Life As a Book

(The novel is dedicated to Bill Waterson.) She incorporated the methods of several reading programs into the novels such as Lindamood Bell’s ‘Visualizing and Verbalizing’ and Maryanne Wolf’s ‘Rave-O.’

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Tashjian wanted to write a book for reluctant readers with the humor and visual support of a Calvin and Hobbes book.

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My Life As a Book is a middle grade novel by Janet Tashjian, illustrated by her teenage son, Jake Tashjian.

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