The Hungry Thing Author:Jan Slepian, Ann Seidler, Richard E. Martin (Illustrator) One morning a Hungry Thing comes to town. He sits on his tail and says, ³I want some shmancakes and tickles and feetloaf and gollipops. The adults simply do not understand. But one little boy thinks he does ... and young readers will have a great time guessing what the Hungry Thing really wants to eat.