Obama’s First Storytime

photo from Getty/AP

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. today to read to the kids.

They read from The Moon Over Star an account of the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969.
The picture book was written by Dianna Hutts Aston and is illustrated by Jerry Pickney. It was published by Dial Books for Young Readers in 2008.

Here is a video of the visit:

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