A Bad Case of Stripes
By David Shannon
Celebrating Differences, Speaking-Up,
11 min. without interruption
15 min. with discussion throughout.
Kindergarten and up – beware of the length.
Camilla Cream loves lima beans – but won’t eat them because nobody else likes them. Soon after…Camilla begins to have a strange ailment.
Classic book about accepting your identity – no matter what anyone else thinks. Engaging pictures – Camilla becomes whatever is around her. Eating lima beans – and thus accepting herself – turns out to be the cure.
Celebrating Differences, Speaking-Up,
11 min. without interruption
15 min. with discussion throughout.
Kindergarten and up – beware of the length.
Camilla Cream loves lima beans – but won’t eat them because nobody else likes them. Soon after…Camilla begins to have a strange ailment.
Classic book about accepting your identity – no matter what anyone else thinks. Engaging pictures – Camilla becomes whatever is around her. Eating lima beans – and thus accepting herself – turns out to be the cure.
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Some Debrief Questions –
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Some Debrief Questions –
- If you were Camilla’s friend, would you make fun of her for liking lima beans? Why [not]?
- Why do you think eating lima beans was the cure?
- Why did Camilla change into the things she changed into?
- What would you do if you were Camilla's friend?
- Is it okay to like things other people do not?