David Shannon

"What we have here is a bad case of stripes. One of the worst I've ever seen!" Camilla Cream loves lima beans, but she never eats them. Why? Because the other kids in her school don't like them. And Camilla Cream is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in...a bad case of stripes!

When David Shannon was five years old, he wrote and illustrated his first book. On every page were these words: No, David! ...And a picture of David doing things he was not supposed to do. But some things never change... Here's the semi-autobiographical story of writer and artist David Shannon, the once little kid who broke all his mother's rules. He chewed with his mouth open (and full of food), he jumped on the furniture, and he broke his mother's vase! As a result, all David ever heard his mother say was "No, David!", and this is his story. David Shannon grew up in Spokane, Washington. He has written and illustrated numerous popular books for children, including How Georgie Saved Baseball, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza, an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists: and most recently A Bad Case of Stripes, a selection of the Junior Library Guild. In 1996, he also Illustrated Audrey Wood's The Bunyans, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ABC Children's Bookseller' Choice award Winner. David Shannon lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Heidi, and their dog, Fergus. Edition ISBN: 9780590930024 Edition MSRP: $17⁹⁹ USD / $19⁹⁹ CAN

No, David! David's teacher has her hands full. From running in the halls to chewing gum in class, David's high-energy antics fill each school day with trouble—and are sure to bring a smile to even the best-behaved reader. In 'David Goes to School', young David shows up late to class, goes wacko at the blackboard, chews gum in class, yells answers out of turn, pulls pigtails, stares out the window, cuts in line, has a food fight ("I don't care who started it!" says the teacher), lingers at recess, and more. Colorful, hilarious, childlike illustrations examine our strangely appealing demon-boy at eye level. David, the out-of-control monster-child from David Shannon's Caldecott Honor Book 'No, David!' (1998) is back... and ready to disrupt the class. Shannon remembers the word "no" all too clearly from his childhood, and, as he says in his introduction, "It seems that kids haven't changed much over the years, and neither have school rules, some of which date back even further than the invention of sneakers." David Shannon is the award-winning writer and illustrator of many books for young readers, including 'How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball' (1994), a New York Times Best Illustrated book, and 'The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza' (1995), an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists. He also created the illustrations for Audrey Wood's 'The Bunyans' (1996), a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ABC Children's Bookseller' Choice award Winner. Ages 2-6+ Edition MSRP: $14⁹⁵ US / $21⁹⁹ CAN (ISBN 0-590-48087-1) Printed in Mexico [Reinforced Binding]