From the creator of Gustavo, the Shy Ghost comes an incredibly stylish series of early-learning board books ‿ filled with monsters of all shapes and sizes!Eat like a monster! Eat like Simone. Simone has ONE TONGUE for licking tasty cones. Count from 1-10 with ten funny and flamboyant monsters! As little ones discover one tongue, two ears ‿ and a lively monster with three eyes! ‿ they'll be inspired to shake and move, and learn the names for their different body parts, too. With monstrously bright and bold illustrations, rhyming words, and a sturdy feel, this interactive board book is the perfect gift for a new arrival, and a stylish addition to a toddler‿s first library. A first counting book has never been wilder or such fun!

Flavia Z. Drago was born and raised in Mexico City. Her debut, Gustavo, the Shy Ghost, was a #1 NYT bestseller and was published into over 15 languages. Flavia is also the author-illustrator of Leila, the Perfect Witch, Vlad the Fabulous Vampire and two monster-themed board books, Monsters Play... Counting! and Monsters Play... Peekaboo!. She has an MA in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art, was shortlisted for the 2018 Sebastian Walker Award and won the 2021 Klaus Flugge Prize. She loves colours, textures and shapes and enjoys creating them with different materials and a bit of digital sorcery. She lives in the UK. Find her online at flaviazdrago.com, on Twitter as @Diafla and on Instagram as @flavia_zdrago.