David Shannon, the acclaimed children’s book author, wrote A Bad Case of Stripes — a story about a little girl named Camilla who hid her love for lima beans out of fear of being made fun of by her classmates. Because she suppressed what she loved, her fear of rejection began to show up in wild ways. Camilla started taking on everyone else’s thoughts, ideas, and expectations. First, she broke out in colorful stripes, then red, white, and blue ones, then checkers, and eventual
