First Lady Michelle Obama reads the Dr. Seuss book ‘Green Eggs and Ham’, alongside Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, to elementary school students during a kickoff event for the National Education Association (NEA) Read Across America Day, at the Library of Congress in Washington, March 2
NYT: Can you judge a president by what he is reading? As has been reported, President Obama’s vacation reading includes a Lou Cannon biography of Ronald Reagan, another president who was confronted with a divided Congress. But the White House said today Mr. Obama also brought two novels: “The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet” by David Mitchell, a well-reviewed historical romance about a Dutchman in Edo-era Japan; and “Our Kind of Traitor,” by the spy novelist John Le Carre.
Transcript of the President’s conversation with the kids here
President Barack Obama poses with 2nd graders at Long Branch Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia on December 17, 2010. Obama reads book, including his new book “Of Thee I Sing,” to approximately 90 children
President Barack Obama reads a document following a meeting with senior advisors in the Oval Office, Sept. 27, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Lots more Pete Souza photos here
President Barack Obama visits Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, September 20
They got there in the end….
White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, left, reads a book on lithium-ion batteries, while riding in the support vehicle from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to the White House, April 2, 2010. Jeffrey Kueter, a White House physician, is seated at right.
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