From Publishers Weekly
On this disturbing book''s striking dust jacket, a miserable
Betty-Boop-like girl, completely covered with bright bands of
color, lies in bed with a thermometer dangling from her mouth. The
rainbow-hued victim is Camilla Cream, sent home from school after
some startling transformations: "when her class said the Pledge of
Allegiance, she turned red, white, and blue, and she broke out in
stars!" Scientists and healers cannot help her, for after visits
from "an old med
內容簡介:
It''s the first day of school, and Camilla discovers that she
is covered from head to toe in stripes, then polka-dots, and any
other pattern spoken aloud With a little help, she learns the
secret of accepting her true self, in spite of her peculiar
ailment.
關於作者:
David Shannon is the author and illustrator of many highly
praised books for children - such as Too Many Toys, Alice the
Fairy, No, David!, and David Goes to School. Born in Washington,
D.C., he grew up in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from the Art
centre College of Design in Pasadena, California, with a fine arts
degree, and then moved to New York City. His editorial
illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, Time, and
Rolling Stone, and his artwork has appeared on numerous book
jackets. Shannon is a passionate baseball fan and softball player.
He and his wife now live in Los Angeles.