Precious and the Boo Hag

When Precious is left home alone with a stomachache, she's got nothing but a warning from Mama -- Don't let nothing or nobody into this house -- to keep her company. You see, nothing or nobody could turn out to be something awful: the Boo Hag The Boo Hag's got a voice that rumbles like thunder and hair that shoots out like lightning. And she can disguise herself to look like anything. So when the Boo Hag comes calling, will Precious be clever enough to outwit even the trickiest trickster?
Here's an oh-so-funny -- and not-too-scary -- story from Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia C. McKissack and Onawumi Jean Moss that's paired with spirited, folksy illustrations by Kyrsten Brooker.

Author: Patricia C. McKissack, Onawumi Jean Moss
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 01/01/2005
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 10.32h x 10.26w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9780689851940
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 84959 / Precious and the Boo Hag


Award: Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Monarch Award - Nominee
Award: Alabama Camellia Award - Winner
Award: Irma S. & James H. Black Award - Honor Book
Award: Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award - Nominee
Award: Parents Choice Award (Spring) (1998-2007) - Winner
Award: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award - Honor Book
Award: South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2005 pg. 282 - Superior,Well Above Average
Ingram Children's Advance 01/01/2005 pg. 40
Kirkus Review - Children 12/15/2004 pg. 1205
Booklist 12/15/2004 pg. 731
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2005 pg. 217
Black Issues Book Review 01/01/2005 pg. 70
Publishers Weekly 01/03/2005 pg. 54
Ebony 03/01/2005 pg. 29
Booklist 02/01/2005 pg. 978
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2005 pg. 82
School Library Journal 03/01/2005 pg. 185
Multicultural Review 09/01/2005 pg. 102
SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2005 pg. 46
ALA Notable Children's Books 03/01/2006 pg. 24
Black Issues Book Review 07/01/2006 pg. 30

About the Author
Patricia C. McKissack is the author of many highly acclaimed books for children, including Goin' Someplace Special, a Coretta Scott King Award winner; The Honest-to-Goodness Truth; Let My People Go, written with her husband, Fredrick, and recipient of the NAACP Image Award; The Dark-Thirty, a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner; and Mirandy and Brother Wind, recipient of the Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Onawumi Jean Moss is a storyteller and educator whose performances encourage pride of heritage and appreciation of cultural differences. She is associate dean of students at Amherst College in Massachusetts.

Kyrsten Brooker's wonderful books for children include Runaway Dreidel! by Lesléa Newman, They Saw the Future by Kathleen Krull, and Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter. She lives in Alberta, Canada.