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