Review of the Day: The Grudge Keeper by Mara Rockliff

The Grudge Keeper

By Mara Rockliff

Illustrated by Eliza Wheeler

Peachtree Press

$16.95

ISBN: 978-1-56145-729-8

Ages 4-7

On shelves now.

If I were to hazard a guess, I would say that the phrase, “There’s no use crying over spilled milk” was invented with the intention of comforting a two or three-year-old. Small children, one learns, are capable of great waves of hurt at the smallest, silliest things. You want to really know why the picture book Pete the Cat is the massive success it is? Becaus...