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Title: A Must Read
Review: A Bad Case of the Stripes by David Shannon is the story of a young girl, charmingly named Camilla Cream, who loves lima beans but never eats them, fearing that she will no longer "fit in". Before the first day of school, Camilla Cream is trying on outfits (forty-two to be exact) and catching a glimpse of herself in the mirror, lets out a terrible scream. Her skin is completely covered in rainbow stripes. The brilliant full-color artwork that spreads across the pages captures not only the hilarious changes that Camilla Cream's stripes take at the prompting of her schoolmates (Let's see some purple polka dots! Checkerboard! The American flag!) but also the curious cures of the various doctors who come to inspect this peculiar case as her condition turns from bad to worse. The text and illustrations of this book are vivid and true to the moral of the story: that originality is what saves the day. Shannon delivers a must read for young and old alike.
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