This #WorldBookDay, check out our list of the 10 best illustrated children's adventures for readers aged 7 to 11 📚 🎨 Jamie, author of the hilarious and highly illustrated Grumpfort, joins us to recommend even more epic books! 📖 f.mtr.cool/rvppsobyys

Our Children's Book of the Month Grumpfort puts Jamie at the top of the Waterstones #Wolverhampton Top 10 best-sellers again! And it's lovely to see local favourite Bella Bright and the Ghost Game charting high once more for Carolyn Ward! Carolyn Ward👻BELLA BRIGHT👻

This is AMAZING 🤩😭 Bestselling book two weeks in a row – thank you so so much!

Our marvellous March Children's #BOTM Grumpfort by the brilliant Jamie is full of hilarious, captivating illustration which accompanies the laugh out loud story of Mo, the worst monster hunter ever! Shop our illustrated sprayed edge exclusive: waterstones.com/book/grumpfort…

Young Warden Mo must protect his village from monsters in our charming children’s book of the month from author and illustrator Jamie ! #grumpfort #jamiehammond #childrensbookofthemonth #waterstonesabergavenny

A fantastic romp through Grumpfort awaits all adventurers! The Kid's Book of the Month is a brilliant yarn..Jamie #comesee #sunnystneots

We're delighted to have our marvellous March Children's #BOTM author Jamie here with a special reading from Grumpfort! His hilarious & charming debut which joins a a troll, a gnome and a fire-breathing snotwoggle on an epic adventure: waterstones.com/book/grumpfort… Usborne Publishing

We are thrilled to have signed up Jamie's imaginative’ #Dragonflare, an illustrated adventure for readers aged eight and up set in the same world as his bestselling debut #Grumpfort! Coming June 2026! tinyurl.com/34wf339t

So excited to share the news and title of my next book, Dragonflare 🐉🐲 Expect a labyrinth, puzzles and perhaps a few surprises 👀

I’ll be at Wonderland on 5th April if anybody would like their book signed (in person or by post!) 🐲

Check out this marvellous stack of new children's publishing! Have you read any of them yet? Discover more here: waterstones.com/category/child…

.Usborne Publishing has acquired Dragonflare, an illustrated adventure for readers aged eight and up set in the same world as author-illustrator Jamie Hammond’s bestselling debut Grumpfort, which was the March 2025 Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month 👇 thebookseller.com/rights/usborne…

'I had enormous fun exploring the idea of what truly makes a monster monstrous – whether it was the familiarities which are engrained in our mind or flipping those characteristics on their head' Jamie shares his top five monsters here on the blog: waterstones.com/blog/jamie-ham…

'It’s an unforgettable adventure which brims with warmth' On the blog, Children's Book of the Month author Jamie picks his top five monsters, beasties and curious creatures: waterstones.com/blog/jamie-ham… #WBOTM

What makes a monster a monster? Our brilliant March Children’s Book of The Month author, Jamie is here to share what inspired the monsters in his hilarious debut and our marvellous children’s book of the month Grumpfort! Shop our exclusive: waterstones.com/book/grumpfort…

The incredibly fun Grumpfort by Jamie original, quirky and wonderfully entertaining! Perfect for lower key stage 2 featuring an unassuming monster hunter on a rip roaring quest! Usborne Publishing ReadingRocks tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/gru…

If you’ve read and enjoyed Grumpfort and fancied leaving a review on the big river site, I would really appreciate it 💚🐲

So happy that lovely Jamie is here today! Can't make it? Order a dedicated copy through the website.

Full of adventure, amusement & imagination, our Children's #BOTM are guaranteed to keep readers captivated over the summer holidays! Take a tour of the titles we've championed so far this year & check out the brilliant blogs from the authors as well! waterstones.com/blog/summer-re…

If anybody loved Grumpfort and has time to leave a review on Amazon, this debut author would be eternally grateful 🥰🐲 Or maybe my dog can persuade you… 🐶