The Hungry Thing Author:Ann Seidler, Jan Slepian, Richard E. Martin (Illustrator) One morning a Hungry Thing comes to town. He sits on his tail and says, "I 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.