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 is very, very worried about what other people think of her. So what will happen on the day that she breaks out in a vivid case of rainbow stripes? A hilarious story about what can happen when you try too hard to fit in!

“Shannon’s story is a good poke in the eye of conformity… and his empathetic, vivid artwork keeps perfect pace with the tale.” Kirkus Reviews, starred review

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  • David Shannon

    Caldecott Honor winner and ‘New York Times’ best-seller, David Shannon is the author / illustrator of the popular DAVID series, ‘No, David!’, ‘David Goes to School’ and ‘David Gets Into Trouble’.

    He was inspired to write his DAVID titles after his mother sent him a book he wrote as a little boy. It was illustrated with drawings of David doing all sorts of things he wasn’t supposed to do, and the text consisted entirely of the words ‘no’ and ‘David’!

    Once you step in to the ages of ‘David Gets in Trouble’ you’ll discover Shannon hasn’t slipped too far from this winning formula of his youth.

    Awards

    David Shannon was awarded a Caldecott Honor for the bestselling No, David!

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