Precious and the Boo Hag

Contributor(s): McKissack, Patricia C (Author), Moss, Onawumi Jean (Author), Brooker, Kyrsten (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780689851940

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Hardcover

$19.99

Pub Date: January 1, 2005

Dewey: E

LCCN: 2002001571

Lexile Code: 0640

Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 05 to 08

Physical Info: 0.41" H x 10.32" L x 10.26" W ( 1.02 lbs) 40 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales and Folklore | Country and Cultural | Paranormal Occult and Supernatural | Monsters

Series: Anne Schwartz Books

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000084959 ( Precious and the Boo Hag)

Reading level: 3.70

Interest level: LG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: 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.

Brief description: 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.