num_pages: 32
description: When Emily Forbes finds a rock in a nearby park, she has no idea that it is the egg of a prehistoric creature. She calls it Thing. When it hatches, Emily and her mother find themselves with a playful, apple-green, prehistoric, vegetarian TV addict.
language: English
title: Thing
titlecomplete: Thing
genres: Childrens, Fiction, Picture Books
ratings_count: 57
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Children's Book Council of Australia Award
category: Junior Book of the Year
publisher: Oxford University Press