Title: A Bad Case Of the Stripes
Author: David Shannon
Award(s):
Reading level/ Lexile
Level: 540
Genre
: Picture Book, Fiction
Synopsis:
Camilla
Cream is a child who cares about what everyone thinks of her and bases her
decisions around what others think. Camilla Cream loves to eat lima beans but
since everyone at school thinks that they are horrible she pretends that she
does not like them. Due to the fact that she is not staying true to herself she
comes down with a case of the stripes. The stripes change into what everyone
wants them to be and Camilla can no longer recognize herself. Once she admits
that she loves lima beans she becomes herself again. By the end she has learned
that she needs to be who she wants to be even in spite of what anyone thinks of
her.
Resources/Activities:
1. Story Read Aloud by Sean Astin-- http://www.storylineonline.net/stripes/story.swf
2. Lesson Ideas -- http://thepicturebookteachersedition.blogspot.com/2012/09/a-bad-case-of-stripes-by-david-shannon.html
3. Interview with Author David Shannon-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBQMTg6BHT0
Reference:
Shannon,
D. (1998). A bad case of stripes. New York: Blue Sky Press
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