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David Shannon, A Bad Case of Stripes

|Biography and Background| |A Bad Case of Stripes|

Biography and Background

David Shannon
The author/illustrator's presentation at the 2008 National Book Festival.

A video interview with David Shannon
Biography, bibliography, video interview, and transcript.

Video interview with David Shannon
This series of 5 short clips, dated June 2008, emphasizes Too Many Toys.

A Bad Case of Stripes

A Bad Case of Bullying: Using Literature Response Groups With Students
This lesson is a good companion to A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon.

A Bad Case of Stripes
Teaching resources include a video of the story being read aloud and additional activities, including writing, research, and related links. The video runs 11:51 and resides at YouTube. The additional activities require Adobe Reader for access.

A Bad Case of Stripes
Teaching tips and a craft activity.

A Bad Case of Stripes
Book talk.

Let's hunt for vivid vocabulary!
During an oral reading of the book A Bad Case of Stripes, the students will search and identify various nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, dialogue tags, and transition words. This lesson is designed for grades 3 and 4.