But when she does the next day, most of the other children tease her and call out different patterns which cause the colors on her skin to shift around, even when the class said the Pledge of Allegiance. Bumble, determines that Camilla is well enough to attend school tomorrow. On the first day of school, she wakes up to discover thick, solid-colored stripes all over her body. However, she refuses to eat them because her friends dislike them and Camilla wants to fit in, to the point of trying on over forty different outfits in an attempt to be fashionable. The main character is a girl named Camilla Cream who secretly loves lima beans. ![]() Amongst some negative response, this children’s book is also praised for its creativity, illustrations, and meaningful lessons. A Bad Case of Stripes highlights the theme of being true to oneself and is commonly used by educators to teach young students important values. I really wanted to know what happened to make this little girl become striped.Blue Sky Press (an imprint of Scholastic Press)Ī Bad Case of Stripes is a children's book written and illustrated by David Shannon published in 1998 by Blue Sky Press, a division of Scholastic Press. The title and the illustration on the front cover of the book drew my attention. The author used a lot of imagery and figurative language. One child said, "Let's see some purple polka dots!" Her skin turned all purple polka-dotty. When the specialists work on her in the story, they "squeeze, jab, tap, and test her." Another example of this is when the students kept changing her skin. When Camilla changes in the story, everything is explained in a very exaggerated way. Alliteration is used again when Camilla goes to school and gets called the name "Camilla Crayon," with the letter c being repeated again. A simile is used in the story in the line "She looked like a rainbow." Hyperboles are seen throughout the entire story. Her name is "Camilla Cream," with the letter c repeated. Alliteration is seen at the beginning of the book when the main character is introduced. I also saw many types of figurative language in this story such as alliteration. In regard to prose, I feel that the sentences in this book flow very easily. Person-against-person is also seen in this story because Camilla faces problems with her friends and others in the community. Camilla experiences person-against-self when she is battling her feelings and her disease. The pictures of Camilla with her skin all kinds of different colors and designs is an example, as well as the picture of Camilla becoming the walls of her bedroom.Ī Bad Case of Stripes has two different types of conflict. Many of the pictures are images of things that are not realistic. The illustrator used an abstract style of art that was surrealistic. The pictures show the reader exactly what Camilla looks like everytime her skin changes. The illustrations made the book even more enjoyable. At the end of the story, someone comes along who things she has a cure for this "stripes disease." I wonder who that is and what she thinks she can do to help Camilla? ![]() ![]() The pills that were prescribed to her turned her into a human pill. Someone yelled "Checkerboard!" and all of a sudden, she looked like a human game board! Many professionals and doctors tried to figure out how to cure Camilla of this crazy disease, but no one had any luck. School turned out to be a nightmare! As songs were sung and people said things, Camilla would turn into anything that was said. ![]() As Camilla was deciding on an outfit for the first day of school, she discovered that she covered in stripes! The stripes did not cause Camilla to feel bad at all so she went on to school. Cricket, and quite a few others.The setting of this story is at Camilla's school and home Camilla Cream was a little girl who loved lima beans, but she wouldn't eat them because she wanted to fit in with friends at school, and other children did not like lima beans. New York: The Blue Sky Press.Ī Bad Case of Stripes involves Camilla, the main character, and many other flat characters such as Dr.
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