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Welcome to: A Book or Two: Children's Literature Reviews, a blog site that offers information on new, classic, and favorite children's literature, reviewed by university professors, classroom teachers, librarians, and those studying to become teachers. We hope you will find "just the right book" to share with others. Our goal is to keep the site updated with information about children's authors, book awards, and new releases. Each entry will include the book cover picture, a brief overview, bibliographic information, and suggested uses for families, librarians, and teachers. We will categorize books in several different ways, to facilitate searching.

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11/18/13

A Bad Case of Stripes


AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: David Shannon
PUBLISHER: Scholastic         
PUBLICATION DATE: June 1st, 2004
GENRE: fiction                   
READING LEVEL: 7-9 years
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book is about a little girl who gets a bad case of stripes because she is so worried about what other people think about her.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: This book could help children see the different patterns in the changing stripes of the little girl. Students can also count the stripes. Teachers can have students illustrate pictures of themselves and others to notice differences.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jenna Fielding Valdosta State University
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