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Books on Film: The Obama Family Reads “Amos McGee”

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Amos had some good friends. They were looking out for him.

- Barack Obama

Picture books spotted in the wild! The first family sat down at the annual White House Easter Egg Hunt for a bit of story time. Sasha and Malia read 2011 Caldecott winner A Sick Day for Amos McGee, and the president follows up with an old favorite of his (as you can see in this post from 2009), Where the Wild Things Are.

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(Thanks to Publishers Weekly for the link)

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About Travis Jonker

Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.

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