Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans! Hardcover – Illustrated, April 12, 2016

Seems like a fine book but my 7yr old son didn’t like it. We didn’t finish. His main complaint was that too many of the characters were “mean”.

Great book, my son read for his third grade book club.

My grandson loves it!

Great humor and voice. The action and fast pacing keeps us going. This book made my commuting, so much easier. Also educative regarding roman gladiators.

good

The adventures of a zebra in Roman times.

great addition to our library

Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans!, is the first book in a series about a Zebra called Julius. As daft as it may sound, I actually read book two, Bundle with the Britons! before reading this one (that one was a five star rating too). Whilst it was good to get to know the back story of the characters, I don’t feel that it actually lessened my enjoyment.Talking of enjoyment, you may be wondering why a 30 something woman would be interested in reading these kids books. Well, I was brought up on slapstick humour, think Laurel and Hardy, The Carry on Films, and even the older, none PC cartoons. This series of books reminds me of them and captured my attention, giving me a giggle from beginning to end.Gary Northfield has a talent for creating humorous, imaginative books. A gladiator fighting Zebra, who would of thought it! The characters are all completely wacky, with no social skills and they tend to just do the first things that come into their heads.There are black and white illustrations throughout, most accompanied by speech bubbles, or diagrams, such as Julius pointing out the difference between a horse and a zebra. He hates being called a horse. There is also a lesson in Roman numerals at the back of the book, along with a glossary too.This is a series of books that I can see both girls and boys really sinking their teeth in to, and actually wanting to read. If you are after buying a book for a child, or teen for that matter, that you hope will grab them and have them eager to read, then I can 100% suggest this book, or even the series (there are three books currently published).Reviewed on Whispering Stories Book Blog*I received a free copy of this book, which I voluntarily reviewed

Looking to graduate our four year old son from bedtime stories that can be read in a single sitting we'd tried to capture his imagination with a couple of longer chaptered books. Julius Zebra was absolutely fantastic. With nice pictures and an amusing storyline it was a pleasure to read for my son and I alike. What gives the book 5 stars though was the clever way it's so historically accurate with trivia facts interwoven into the story. It did impress me when my son correctly reminded me the name of the Gladiators loincloth when we picked up reading the following evening ( a subligaculum).While I did read to my four year old the book would probably best be suited for slightly older children from 6 up to 11/12 year olds.Educational and amusing. What more could you ask for?

Julius Zebra is funny, fast-paced and lots of fun. Although not the target audience - I am a children's author who reads lots of children's books - the bit where Felix is unceremoniously ejected from the Colosseum had me laughing till it hurt. It's a great, inventive story and built on solid foundations of Roman history that will go down a storm with children. Highly recommended.

Great story, very well written. Super funny dialogs. We still have our jokes based on Julius going on in our house.

We loved this book: it was funny but was also packed with useful information about types of gladiator.

great kids read