Author: David Shannon
Title: A Bad Case of Stripes
Illustrator: David Shannon
Genre: Picture Book
Subgenre: Fantasy
Theme: Be Yourself
Primary Character: Camilla
Secondary Characters: Her mother and classmates
Award(s): none
Date of Publication: 2004
Publication Company: Scholastic Paperback
Summary: Camilla Cream likes lima beans, but when she gets made fun of for liking them, she gets embarrassed and tells her family that she no longer wants to eat them. She then breaks out with stripes. The doctors however cannot find anything wrong with her so her mother still makes her go to school. Camilla’s classmates discover that whenever they yell out colors or designs she turns into whatever they have yelled out. Camilla discovers the only cure to actually eat what others make fun of her for, the lima beans, and when she does she turns back into regular old Camilla.
Use with students: I loved the message in this book and think it would be great for those third and fourth graders who are beginning to feel pressure from their peers. The story gives the message that is it okay to be an individual and important to do so.
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