Counting Creatures and Their Features

by Dee Leone, Kelly Kennedy (Illustrator)

Count your way through a world of quirky, silly creatures, from goblins to witches, in this original Little Golden Book filled with rhythmic, read-aloud fun!

Get ready to meet little goblins with knobby knees, growling monsters with spiky hair, fire-breathing dragons with shiny scales, and so much more! With rhyming text, adorable illustrations packed with items to find and count, plus a surprising ending, this is truly a book that makes storytime fun for the kids being read to and the adults doing the reading!

Kindle Edition

Expected publication July 14, 2026

About the author

Dee Leone is the author of Counting Creatures and Their Features (Little Golden Books), Dough Knights and Dragons (Sterling), Nature's Lullaby Fills the Night (Sterling), and Bizz & Buzz Make Honey Buns (Penguin). To view book trailers and to download free activity kits, visit http://deeleone.com.

In addition, she has written 20 reproducible books for the educational market, covering themes such as science, language arts, and holidays. She has also created more than 200 stories, poems, puzzles, and plays for magazines.

The author taught at the elementary level, tutored college math, and is a member of SCBWI.

Dee's interests include amateur photography and travel. She also enjoys devouring books and chocolate… one figuratively and one literally. She likes reading almost every genre.