Precious and the Boo Hag is a children's fairy tale by Patricia C. McKissack and illustrated by Onawumi Jean Moss. The story revolves around Precious, a young girl, who is left home, told by her mother to not let "nothing or nobody" into the house. Precious is unaware that the Boo Hag

Boo Hag

A Boo Hag is a mythical creature in the folklore of South Carolina's Gullah culture. It is a regionalized version of the Hag myth.-The legend:...

, a shapeshifter, is in the house. Precious is able to foil her plans by pointing out the Boo Hag's lack of intelligence — such as when the Boo Hag turns into a penny with George Washington

George Washington

George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

's face on it instead of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...

's.