Eat Your Peas, Julius!: Even Caesar Must Clean His Plate (Hardcover)
A picture book from award-winning author Shirin Yim Bridges and illustrator Fiona Lee, Eat Your Peas, Julius! is a rhyming romp through dinner as the future leader of the Roman Republic learns to eat a balanced meal and finish everything on his plate.
It’s time for little Julius, who will grow up to become the most powerful person in ancient Rome, to put on his toga, attend the dinner banquet, and eat his oysters, boiled camel’s feet, baked dormouse, and peas! It’s tough finishing everything on your plate—for kids and future Caesars, alike.
“An entertaining, giggleworthy blend of gastronomic history and fiction.” —Kirkus Reviews
It’s time for little Julius, who will grow up to become the most powerful person in ancient Rome, to put on his toga, attend the dinner banquet, and eat his oysters, boiled camel’s feet, baked dormouse, and peas! It’s tough finishing everything on your plate—for kids and future Caesars, alike.
“An entertaining, giggleworthy blend of gastronomic history and fiction.” —Kirkus Reviews
Shirin Yim Bridges is the author of the award-winning Ruby’s Wish as well as Get Up, Elizabeth! and Go to Bed, Ted!, both published by Cameron Kids. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Fiona Lee is a children’s book illustrator who lives and works on her family’s farm in Vermont. Eat Your Peas, Julius! is her first book for Cameron Kids.
"An entertaining, giggleworthy blend of gastronomic history and fiction."—Kirkus Reviews