Precious and the Boo Hag

Awards and Nominations

ALA Notable Children's Books
Bank Street Best Books of the Year
CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)

Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book
Emphasis On Reading Program Master List (AL)
Great Lakes Great Books Master List (MI)
Irma S. Black Award Honor Book (Bank Street)
Kansas State Reading Circle Primary Titles
Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award Honor Book
Monarch Award Master List (IL)
Nick Jr. Family Magazine Best Books of the Year
NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
Parents' Choice Award Silver Medal
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee
Read Aloud/Comstock Honor Book
SLJ Best Book of the Year
Storytelling World Award Honor Book, "Stories for Young Listeners"
WA Children's Choice Picture Book Award Master List

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Description

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.

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