Precious and the Boo Hag - (Anne Schwartz Books) by Patricia C McKissack & Onawumi Jean Moss (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>When Precious is left home alone with a stomachache, she's got nothing but a warning from Mama -- <i>Don't let nothing or nobody into this house</i> -- to keep her company. You see, nothing or nobody could turn out to be <i>something</i> 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 <i>anything.</i> So when the Boo Hag comes calling, will Precious be clever enough to outwit even the trickiest trickster? <br> Here's an oh-so-funny -- and not-<i>too</i>-scary -- story from Newbery Honor-winning author Patricia C. McKissack and Onawumi Jean Moss that's paired with spirited, folksy illustrations by Kyrsten Brooker.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Patricia C. McKissack is the author of many highly acclaimed books for children, including <i>Goin' Someplace Special, </i> a Coretta Scott King Award winner; <i>The Honest-to-Goodness Truth; Let My People Go, </i> written with her husband, Fredrick, and recipient of the NAACP Image Award; <i>The Dark-Thirty, </i> a Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award winner; and <i>Mirandy and Brother Wind, </i> recipient of the Caldecott Medal and a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri. <p/><b>Onawumi Jean Moss</b> 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. <p/><i>Kyrsten Brooker's</i> wonderful books for children include <i>Runaway Dreidel!</i> by Lesléa Newman, <i>They Saw the Future</i> by Kathleen Krull, and <i>Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street</i> by Roni Schotter. She lives in Alberta, Canada.
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