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PRECIOUS AND THE BOO HAG,

PRECIOUS AND THE BOO HAG, Hardcover first edition - 2005

by McKissack, Patricia C. and Onawumi Jean Moss; Kyrsten Brooker, illustrator

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From the author of the Newbery Honor-winning "The Dark-Thirty" comes a deliciously funny, not-too-scary picture book featuring a spunky heroine and the Boo Hag, a crafty spirit that will stop at nothing to get inside the house. Full color.

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New York:: Atheneum,, (2005). Hardcover first edition -. Library stamps on rear endpaper, but otherwise near fine in a fine unmarked dust jacket. . First printing. A funny - and not-too-scary - story by Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia C. McKissack and storyteller Onawumi Jean Moss, with lively illustrations by Kyrsten Brooker. "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' ... '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?" Large square format, unpaginated.
Used - Library stamps on rear endpaper, but otherwise near fine in a fine unmarked dust jacket.
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Details

  • Title PRECIOUS AND THE BOO HAG,
  • Author McKissack, Patricia C. and Onawumi Jean Moss; Kyrsten Brooker, illustrator
  • Binding Hardcover first edition -
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Library stamps on rear endpaper, but otherwise near fine in a fine unmarked dust jacket.
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum,, New York:
  • Date (2005)
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 87057
  • ISBN 9780689851940 / 0689851944
  • Weight 1.02 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.32 x 10.26 x 0.41 in (26.21 x 26.06 x 1.04 cm)
  • Ages 05 to 08 years
  • Grade levels K - 3
  • Reading level 640
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Courage
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002001571
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Summary

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.

Media reviews

Citations

  • ALA Notable Children's Books, 03/01/2006, Page 24
  • Black Issues Book Review, 01/01/2005, Page 70
  • Booklist, 12/15/2004, Page 731
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 01/01/2005, Page 217
  • Ebony, 03/01/2005, Page 29
  • Horn Book Magazine, 01/01/2005, Page 82
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2005, Page 282
  • Ingram Children's Advance, 01/01/2005, Page 40
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 12/15/2004, Page 1205
  • Multicultural Review, 09/01/2005, Page 102
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/03/2005, Page 54
  • School Library Journal, 03/01/2005, Page 185
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2005, Page 46

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 Lesla Newman, They Saw the Future by Kathleen Krull, and Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter. She lives in Alberta, Canada.

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