Delberto Grumblegutts
Book cover: Dad on a beach with a huge belly button, a little boy with a spade, and three grinning monsters sitting on Dad’s tummy. Title: Monsters in Dad’s Belly Button, by Delberto Grumblegutts.

Monsters in Dad’s Belly Button

by Delberto Grumblegutts

Six-year-old Harry doesn’t believe in monsters. Then he peeks into Dad’s enormous belly button on the beach — and a green, three-fingered hand pulls him inside.

  • 48-page paperback
  • Ages 3–7
  • £8.99
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The books

Warm, funny and gloriously gross picture-book adventures, made for reading aloud.

Cover of Monsters in Dad’s Belly Button.

Monsters in Dad’s Belly Button

Paperback · 48 pages · ages 3–7 · £8.99

“Stay away from Dad’s belly button,” said Mom. “Monsters live in there,” said James.

Six-year-old Harry doesn’t believe in monsters. But when he peeks into Dad’s enormous belly button on the beach, a green, three-fingered hand pulls him inside!

Down in the strange world of Belly Button, Harry meets Fuzz, a friendly ball of fluff with three eyes and a toothless grin, a stinky gang of one-eyed green slime, and the great and powerful Ear Wax Dave on his wobbly throne. To get home, Harry must find the secret way out and keep every promise he made along the way.

Warm, funny and gloriously gross, Monsters in Dad’s Belly Button is a picture-book adventure for reading aloud. It has bright illustrations on every spread and a twist at the end that will have children giggling (and checking their own belly buttons).

An inside page: the family on the beach, Dad dozing on a towel, and Harry tipping a bucket of sand.

Peek inside. Bright pictures on every spread — and a few surprises if you look closely.

Fuzz, a fluffy three-eyed monster, waving.

Coming soon

Monsters Up Dad’s Nose

The monsters are back… and this time they’re up Dad’s nose!

Meet the Monsters

A friendly (and slightly stinky) cast, waiting just inside Dad’s belly button.

A line-up of the Belly Button monsters, from Fuzz and the green slime to Ear Wax Dave, Toe Jam Terry and their friends.
Fuzz, a round ball of grey-blue fluff with three eyes and a big grin, waving.

Fuzz

A ball of belly button fluff with three eyes, no nose and a toothless grin. Dreams of a nice comfy sofa.

A one-eyed green slime monster with three fingers on each hand and a wide smile.

The Green Slime Gang

One bloodshot eye, three green fingers on each hand, no legs and a very bad smell.

Ear Wax Dave, a yellow lumpy monster sitting on a wobbly throne stuck with cotton buds.

Ear Wax Dave

The wisest creature in Belly Button. Normally lives up by the brain.

Toe Jam Terry, a sticky lumpy monster wearing a flip-flop as a hat and grinning.

Toe Jam Terry

Sticky, lumpy and always pleased to see you.

A free monster colouring sheet

Print Fuzz at home, colour him in, and be first to hear when the next book is on the way.

Fuzz waving hello.

About Delberto

Delberto Grumblegutts is a dad from Suffolk who writes gloriously gross stories for children — and the grown-ups who get talked into reading them aloud. Inspired by his sons, he likes picture books that fill a room with giggles, then have everyone checking for monsters in unusual places.