Do you think you can name the president-elect’s favorite kids book? Hint: It’s not “My Dad, John McCain“. Watch the (kinda poor quality – many apologies) video of Mr. Obama speaking to the ALA to find out the answer.
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November 6, 2008 at 1:05 pm
teacherninja
Can’t see the video yet, blocked in my school of course. But it reminded me of the “Children’s Illustrators for Obama” poster I saw going around. It made me laugh because you just KNEW there was no McCain equivalent.
November 6, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Scope Notes
Those internet filters can be the darndest things, can’t they? I saw that Children’s Illustrators for Obama poster – that was a cool children’s lit/political tie-in.
November 10, 2008 at 7:58 pm
your neighborhood librarian
Oh, thank you for this. I just love the image of Barack Obama reading ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ to his two girls. Sniffle.
April 13, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Video: President Obama Reads ‘Wild Things’ « 100 Scope Notes
[…] the President? If you’re a regular reader of this here rambling mess of a blog, you know that Wild Things is President Obama’s favorite children’s book. It will come as no surprise then that he chose it to read aloud at the annual White House Easter […]