The Sour Grape just can’t help but hold a grudge, a whole bunch of them in fact (geddit? Be ready for plenty of fruit-based puns). He used to be a sweet little thing, but so many things have gone wrong recently, including NOBODY coming to his birthday party, that now he’s determined to remember every upset and hold on to every insult, even if that does mean his face has become all wrinkled from frowning and he only has one friend left.

But never fear, as you may have guessed, this book has a message, and when Sour Grape makes his own mistakes and finds out that nobody is perfect, he starts to see how holding a grudge is holding him back, and that maybe there is another path to follow.

By the conclusion, Sour Grape has learned that if you can be kind, forgiving and grapeful, life can indeed be pretty sweet. With lots of colourful illustrations full of animate fruit of all shapes and sizes, and an easy-to-follow storyline, ‘The Sour Grape’ will be a hit with KS1 children.