For the second year in a row, President Obama and family visited Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C., on Indies First/Small Business Saturday. Accompanied by his daughters, Malia and Sasha, the president talked with staff, customers and author David Baldacci, who was an Indies First volunteer bookseller. The Obamas bought 17 books.
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| David Baldacci with President Obama | |
Reuters said that "Obama was met by a mostly cheery crowd of shoppers and got a round of applause when a baby earned a presidential selfie." USA Today noted that "Obama joked about getting a discount when he reached the cash register and was told by a clerk he could have a 'neighbor's discount.' " The AP had a video (via the Washington Post) of the Obamas at the checkout counter.
In 2011 and 2012, respectively, Obama made similar stops at Kramerbooks, also in Washington, and One More Page Books, Arlington, Va.
The books that the Obamas bought, which have usually been a mix of gifts and titles for personal consumption, included some recent National Book Award winners and nominees. The books were, according to the Hill:
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China by Evan Osnos
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Nora Webster by Colm Toibin
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Nuts to You by Lynn Rae Perkins
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms by Katherine Rundell
Redwall (Redwall Series #1) by Brian Jacques
Mossflower (Redwall Series #2) by Brian Jacques
Mattimeo (Redwall Series #3) by Brian Jacques
Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (Junie B. Jones Series #1) by Barbara Park
Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (Junie B. Jones Series #2) by Barbara Park
A Barnyard Collection: Click, Clack, Moo and More by Doreen Cronin
I Spy Sticker Book and Picture Riddles by Jean Marzollo
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