# Please help me ID this children's book from the '60s/'70s

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**Created:** [August 27, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-this-childrens-book-from-the-60s-70s/594251 "2011-08-27T01:20:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-this-childrens-book-from-the-60s-70s/594251/1 "2011-08-27T01:20:34Z")

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Little boy is trying to communicate with a monster, which cannot talk. He has a sign around his neck. He points to his mouth to indicate he wants food, but the little boy doesn’t know what kind of food the monster likes or will eat, so he offers him everything he can think of. I think pancakes were either the ultimate solution or one of the offerings, and then the monster was happy.

Anything?

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-this-childrens-book-from-the-60s-70s/594251/2 "2011-08-27T01:42:37Z")

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> [@a35362](#):
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> Little boy is trying to communicate with a monster, which cannot talk. He has a sign around his neck. He points to his mouth to indicate he wants food, but the little boy doesn’t know what kind of food the monster likes or will eat, so he offers him everything he can think of. I think pancakes were either the ultimate solution or one of the offerings, and then the monster was happy.
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> Anything?

Oooh ooh oooh!

Is it [The Hungry Thing](http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2008_06_01_archive.html)???

_Crosses fingers_

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**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-this-childrens-book-from-the-60s-70s/594251/3 "2011-08-27T02:10:32Z")

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_Ding ding ding ding!_ That’s it! We have a winnah!

Awesome! _The Hungry Thing_, 1967. Wow! Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-id-this-childrens-book-from-the-60s-70s/594251/4 "2011-08-27T02:30:00Z")

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> [@a35362](#):
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> _Ding ding ding ding!_ That’s it! We have a winnah!
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> Awesome! _The Hungry Thing_, 1967. Wow! Thank you!

This is the first time I’ve been fast enough. I am filled with TRIUMPH. 😃 I had that book as a kid. 🙂