While you were out shopping on Saturday, doing your bit for small businesses and indie bookstores, the President was following your lead. He and his daughters popped into their local indie, Politics and Prose in Washington, D.C., and hauled a pile of 21 books up to the counter.
Lots of worthy books in that stack, some of which were recommended by staff--everything from the classic "Harold and the Purple Crayon" to the much-admired "The Lowland," by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Also in the pile: "Flora & Ulysses," by Minneapolis writer Kate DiCamillo, which was on the long-list for the National Book Award, and "Heart of a Samurai," by Duluth writer Margi Preus, a Newbery Honor Book a couple of years back.
And, of course, "Wild," by McGregor native and UM grad Cheryl Strayed, which might make him officially the last person in the country to read that best-selling memoir.
Here's the full list, courtesy of the Washington Post, which credits the Christian Science Monitor, which credits the White House:
"Half Brother" by Kenneth Oppel
"Heart of a Samurai" by Margi Preus
"Flora and Ulysses" by Kate DiCamillo
