President Obama and Daughters Sasha and Malia Visit Independent Bookstore for Small Business Saturday

Posted on December 1, 2013

In honor of Small Business Saturday President Obama and his daughters Malia and Sasha visited Washington's Politics and Prose bookstore. The day is meant to promote small, family owned businesses. The president loaded up on books and said that he bought books for every age from 5 to 52 (his age). He chatted with customers and staff and wished everyone a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Here is the list of books the president purchased:

Half Brother by Kenneth Oppel
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
Jinx by Sage Blackwood
Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst and Lane Smith
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell
Moonday by Adam Rex
Journey by Aaron Becker
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein
Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football by Nicholas Dawidoff
Ballad of the Sad Cafe: And Other Stories by Carson McCullers
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Ragtime By E.L. Doctorow
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
All That Is by James Salter
Wild: From Lost to Found On the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed