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A Bad Case of Stripes
>"What we have here is a bad case of stripes. One of the worst I've ever seen!"
Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in...a bad case of stripes!
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Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in...a bad case of stripes!
"Shannon's story...more
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
June 1st 2004
by Scholastic Paperbacks
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Apr 18, 2009
Chandra
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3 of 5 stars
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picture-books,
great-illustration
I'm not sure how I feel about this book. On one hand I love the message and I love David Shannon's vivid illustrations. But then again both of those things might also be this book's downfall. Camilla Cream is a little girl who worries obsessively about what others think of her and even denies liking certain things in order to fit in. And so, she is stricken with 'a bad case of stripes'. And this illness gets so much worse than the cover depicts. There is one picture that is so grotesquely lurid...more
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Dec 02, 2007
Jorie Turner
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
grades k-4
Shelves:
picture-book,
fiction
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...more
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Mar 22, 2009
Elizabeth
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3 of 5 stars
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preschool-picture-books,
early-reader
Breaking my strict rule about avoiding David Shannon books, I checked this one out after I noticed that almost every goodreads friend I have is reading it or wants to read it. The illustrations are AMAZING. Perhaps the best I've ever seen in a picture book. The story is . . . meh. It's a little too old for Catherine, and kind of saccharine. A pretty standard version of the just-be-yourself bit.
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This was, IS, my favorite kids book ever. When ever I go to the public library I see if they have and read it. This was the only book I would check out from the library when I was little. I still remember were it is.
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A Bad Case of Stripes was a great book filled with colorful illustrations and silly things happening to the main character Camilla. Camilla loved lima beans but didn’t want to eat them because she didn’t want to get made fun. She woke up on the first day of school and her body was covered in stripes. She didn’t feel sick she just didn’t look quite right. She went to the doctor and she couldn’t tell her what was wrong with her so she gave her some medicine to take. The next morning she turned int...more
This quirky story about a girl named Camilla, and she worries too much about what others think of her. She loves lima beans but never eats them because she wants to fit in with everyone, and they don't like them. On her first day of school she discovers she is covered in stripes from head to toe! Even her insides have stripes but the doctor says she's healthy. While at school they change from stripes to a patriotic pattern during the National Anthem, then checkerboards, squares and spots appear...more
This book is great for teaching children to be themselves and to not worry about what other people think. The illustrations in this book are so realistic and the colors are very vibrant and attractive to read, there are so many places to look on each page. Not only does it teach kids a moral lesson but it presents it in a way that is humorous and emotional at the same time. While reading this book I felt bad for the young girl because of how much she wanted to fit in and went through all of that...more
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A Bad Case of the Stripes is a delightful story about being yourself. Camilla Cream does not want to admit she is different and say she likes lima beans. However, instead her skin becomes covered in stripes and she gets made fun of by her classmates anyways. Many doctors come and try to cure Camilla of her stripes, but they do not go away until she admits to enjoying lima beans. The illustrations in the book are fantastic, they really helped the reader understand the book better.
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A Bad Case of the Stripes is a delightful story about being yourself. Camilla Cream does not want to admit she is different and say she likes lima beans. However, instead her skin becomes covered in stripes and she gets made fun of by her classmates anyways. Many doctors come and try to cure Camilla of her stripes, but they do not go away until she admits to enjoying lima beans. The illustrations in the book are fantastic, they really helped the reader understand the book better.
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A Bad Case of the Stripes is about a girl named Camilla Cream on her first day of school and she has no idea what to wear. She tries on more than 40 outfits and when she is done she looks in the mirror and sees that she is covered in stripes. Her mother calls the doctor and he is clueless and he calls other doctors. Turns out Camilla had, according to a sweet elderly lady, that she has a bad case of the stripes and the only cure is to eat lima beans. Camilla knew that no one else like...more
A Bad Case of the Stripes is about a girl named Camilla Cream on her first day of school and she has no idea what to wear. She tries on more than 40 outfits and when she is done she looks in the mirror and sees that she is covered in stripes. Her mother calls the doctor and he is clueless and he calls other doctors. Turns out Camilla had, according to a sweet elderly lady, that she has a bad case of the stripes and the only cure is to eat lima beans. Camilla knew that no one else like...more
"A Bad Case of Stripes" by David Shannon is a fun story with a good message and vibrant illustrations. The main character, Camilla Cream, is a young girl worried about what everyone else thinks - I don't think idea is very far fetched. On her first day of school while she is trying to figure out what to wear, Camilla looks in the mirror and sees that she is covered in stripes. Of course, when the doctor can't figure out what is wrong, Camilla has to go back to school. Children at school realize...more
This is a story about a girl named Camilla who LOVES lima beans, but she won't eat them. All of her her friends hate lima beans and she's worried about fitting in. She is especially worried because it is time for the first day of school and she really wants to make sure she fits in. She even tries on 42 outfits trying to find the one that's just right. She is shocked when she looks into the mirror and realizes she is covered in stripes! She is forced to miss her first day of school. Her parents...more
The story here is pretty cute, but I'm bothered by the illustrations and some of the word choices. I was happy to see a little girl not blond haired and blue eyed. Then all of the doctors, experts, and specialists were portrayed as men even though only a few are identified as male by the text. The specialists are introduced as "four people in long white coats," which could mean any combination of sexes, but the illustrations are all men.
There are only two working women present. One is introduced...more
There are only two working women present. One is introduced...more
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Nov 19, 2012
Alexandra
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Grade/Interest: 3rd grade
Reading Level: 540L
Genre: Fantasy
Main Characters: Camilla, Old woman
Setting: Camilla’s home and school
POV: Narrator
Camilla Cream wants to fit in with all of her friends. Even though she loves lima beans she does not eat them because her friends do not like them. While trying to pick out an outfit for the first day of school, she looks in the mirror and notices that she is different colored stripes. There are many different doctors that come to look at Camilla and try to...more
Reading Level: 540L
Genre: Fantasy
Main Characters: Camilla, Old woman
Setting: Camilla’s home and school
POV: Narrator
Camilla Cream wants to fit in with all of her friends. Even though she loves lima beans she does not eat them because her friends do not like them. While trying to pick out an outfit for the first day of school, she looks in the mirror and notices that she is different colored stripes. There are many different doctors that come to look at Camilla and try to...more
I read this for my 4th Picture Book review. I found it on the Goodreads recommended reading list bookshelf.
I picked this book to read because a colleague of mine keeps it on display in her classroom, but I had never read it. I never knew why until now!
This book would be a great read-aloud to elementary aged students. This book would be engaging as a read aloud as children could make predictions as the story is read, as well as be soaked in by the vivid pictures.
This would tie in great to social-...more
I picked this book to read because a colleague of mine keeps it on display in her classroom, but I had never read it. I never knew why until now!
This book would be a great read-aloud to elementary aged students. This book would be engaging as a read aloud as children could make predictions as the story is read, as well as be soaked in by the vivid pictures.
This would tie in great to social-...more
Grade/interest level: Early Elementary
Reading level: 540 Lexile
Genre: Fantasy
Main Characters: Camilla, the old woman, the doctor.
Setting: Camilla Cream's home and school
POV: narrator
The book really deals with self esteem and being an individual. A girl named Camilla Cream loves lima beans but will not admit it to anyone else because she is afraid of being made fun of. She wakes one day to find that she is completely covered in stripes. Her parents call the doctor but the doctor tells her sh...more
Reading level: 540 Lexile
Genre: Fantasy
Main Characters: Camilla, the old woman, the doctor.
Setting: Camilla Cream's home and school
POV: narrator
The book really deals with self esteem and being an individual. A girl named Camilla Cream loves lima beans but will not admit it to anyone else because she is afraid of being made fun of. She wakes one day to find that she is completely covered in stripes. Her parents call the doctor but the doctor tells her sh...more
My daughter is in 1st grade (age 6) and is TERRIFIED of this book. I realize it is very, very popular but my daughter has a great imagination and now she is very scared of eating orange, green, and blue foods. She pretty much only eats pink/red and white foods now.
We got this book as a gift from my father when she was 4 and it scared her. We asked her preschool class to put it behind other books so she wouldn't see it in the book area (if she did see it, she wouldn't go near it). In kindergarte...more
We got this book as a gift from my father when she was 4 and it scared her. We asked her preschool class to put it behind other books so she wouldn't see it in the book area (if she did see it, she wouldn't go near it). In kindergarte...more
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon is a great book to teach children that following the crowd isn't always the best thing. This book show that if you just follow everyone else and don't do what you want to do, you can become miserable. All Camilla wanted to do was eat a big plate of lima beans. She didn't do this because she was afraid her friends would make fun of her, so she pretended that she hated lima beans too. When she went against what she wanted to do she became covered in stripes....more
Camilla Cream wants to fit in with all of her friends. She loves lima beans, but she does not eat them because her friends do not like them. While trying to pick out an outfit for the first day of school, she looks in the mirror and notices that she is different colored stripes. There are many different doctors that come to look at Camilla and try to figure out what’s wrong with her as she keeps changing colors and shapes (like turning into her bedroom). They give her many different medicines, b...more
In this book the main girl, Camilla, is like any normal young girl. She want people to like her and is very self conscious about what people think about her. No matter what she liked, if she thought her peers would not accept her, then she will not wear the outfit or even eat the food. On the first day of school she was getting ready, then all of a sudden she came down with "a bad case of stripes". Throughout the rest of the story Camilla endures ridicule and harassment about her stripes, the st...more
A bad case of the stripes was a book very different than what I am use to reading. It is about a little girl who is always scared of what people think of her and calls her weird for liking Lima beans. She wakes up one morning with stripes all over her body, but feeling totally fine, so her parents send her to school anyway. When the kids start yelling out patterns she turns into whatever they say. So they being in doctors and experts hoping to find her cure, but they have no luck. Until a nice l...more
I enjoy reading this book. I read it every year to my new students. Camilla is so worried about fitting in with her classmates. Just like my students on the first day of school many of them fret over what school will be like. Camilla wanted to please so many people and her body begin to react to all of her thoughts in her brain. Her body became covered with so many different colors becuase she chouldnt decide on what color to wear to school. Instead of giving into what everyone else wanted she f...more
The book I choose for my book review was a book called "A Bad Case of Stripes" by David Shannon. In this novel it was about a girl named Camilla Cream who loved to eat lima beans but never did because she wanted to fit in.On her first day of school she became decisive about what to wear to school and thought only about impressing others and then as she was getting dressed for school in the mirror she discovered that she had a bad case of the stripes.Her mother came in her room panicking and scre...more
A Bade Case of Stripes by David Shannon is the story about a girl named Camilla and her love of lima beans. Camilla is about to start the first day of school and she can't decide what to wear. She tries on over 40 outfits, but can't make up her mind because she has so many people to impress at school. One minute she is normal Camilla, but then she looks in the mirror and she's covered in rainbow stripes. The next day at school the children make fun of her and realize that she can change colors b...more
“A Bad Case of Stripes” by David Shannon, is about a girl named Camilla who wants to fit in at school. So, she does whatever people tell her to do in order to belong. She’s conscious of what she eats, dresses, and what she says. One of the main things that she won’t do is eat green lima beans even though it’s her favorite. One day Camilla was trying to decide what to wear to school but she couldn’t choose because the clothes weren’t good enough to other children’s standards. Then she got a bad c...more
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Camilla Cream is so frustrated on the first day of school. She feels that she has many people to impress and feels that she has to look her best. In the mid of all this stress, she breaks into a bad case of the stripes. She is covered from head to toe in stripes and does not understand the reason why. The doctors check her put they cannot think what may have caused the stripes. She goes to school and is considered a distraction to the rest of the class and is asked to stay home. So many people t...more
This is a story about a girl who gets a bad case of the stripes because she cares too much about what others think. She starts out by refusing to eat Lima beans because she doesn't think they are what other "cool kids" are eating. She tries on forty two different outfits for school because there are "so many people to impress." The next morning, she wakes ups with stripes from head to toe. She is sent to school and soon turns into anything and everything people say she might be. Several people t...more
I was surprised by this book. All the other David Shannon book are fantastic. This one had way too many words (I summarized a lot to keep the plot moving) and my kids were afraid of the illustrations. The stripes and the dots were fun in the beginning but when her skin grows funky stuff it gets a little weird. The story line was hard to catch for my 5 year old.
The main character likes Lima beans but is afraid to admit it so she stops eating them (this is all self talk, nobody made her do it nor...more
The main character likes Lima beans but is afraid to admit it so she stops eating them (this is all self talk, nobody made her do it nor...more
Feb 14, 2013
Hannah Delaughter
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction,
grade-1,
grade-2,
grade-3,
grade-4,
grade-k,
picture-book,
electronic-format,
modern-fantasy
This children's book is about a girl named Camilia Cream and how she loves lima beans, but refuses to eat them because everyone makes fun of her. The aftermath of her not eating these beans causes her to break out into stripes and different colors that appear all over her body. Later on, the stripes and patterns get much worse. So this little old lady comes over and tries to cure her and tells her to eat some lima beans and the case should go away automatically. Does this help her? I won't give...more
this book is for third and fourth grades who are beginning to read. The story is about being yourself as an individual. Camilla Cream like Lima Beans , but she never ate them. She got made fun of for liking them, she got embrassed and told her family that she no longer wants to eat them because he get breaks out with stripes. Camillia is a little girl who worries about obssessively about what other's think of her.Camilla mother took her to see a Doctor, but the doctors however, cannot find any t...more
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David Shannon is the author and illustrator of many highly praised books for children. Born in Washington, D.C., he grew up in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, with a fine arts degree, and then moved to New York City. His editorial illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, Time, and Rolling Stone, and his artwork has appeared...more
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