Obamas Shop at Upshur Street Books

Shelf Awareness

Again celebrating Small Business Saturday by shopping at a bookstore, President Obama and his daughters, Sasha and Malia, visited Upshur Street Books, which opened just over a year ago in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The 800-square-foot store emphasizes children's books, art books, literature and poetry, and local authors. (See our profile of the store here.)

The Obamas spent some time with manager Anna Thorn and bought nine books, a mix of adult and YA titles, the Washington Post noted. Afterward, the Obamas continued the Small Business Saturday celebration with a visit to Pleasant Pops Farmhouse Market and Cafe in Adams Morgan. For the last three years, the president and family members have visited Politics & Prose on Small Business Saturday.

photo: Reuters/Mike Theiler

Here, according to the White House, are the books the Obamas bought at Upshur Street Books:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Book 8 by Jeff Kinney
Dork Diaries 1: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renée Russell
Elske: A Novel of the Kingdom by Cynthia Voigt
Jackaroo: A Novel of the Kingdom by Cynthia Voigt
On Fortune's Wheel by Cynthia Voigt
Purity: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen
A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloy
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights: A Novel by Salman Rushdie