A Bad Case of Stripes is about a little girl named Camilla Cream and her struggle to gain self-love and confidence in being herself. Camilla loves lima beans, but she is too embarrassed to eat them in front of her friends because they all hate them. Camilla was so concerned about fitting in that she picked up the unfortunate ability to change colors at the will of her peers. Neither Camilla's parents or any of the expert doctors could figure out a solution. Eventually, an old woman offered the transforming Camilla some of her favorite lima beans. She couldn't stop thinking about how good those lima beans would taste, especially after all she had been through; so, she admitted to liking them and ate every last one. All of a sudden, Camilla transformed back into a "normal" little girl. Camilla was never quite the same after that. She ate lima beans in front of whoever she wanted and was proud to be her "lima bean loving" self.