Barack and Michelle Obama Surprise Chicago Students at Opening of Presidential Center's Public Library
The 5,000-square-foot branch opened to the public with readings from LeVar Burton and Mychal Threets before the Obamas arrived.
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WBEZBarack and Michelle Obama surprise Chicago students at opening of presidential center's public library
The former president and first lady read "Where the Wild Things Are" to students from William H. Ray Elementary School. The Obamas opted to build a public library at the presidential center, instead of a traditional National Archives research center.
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Chicago (AP).- Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama surprised the first 100 visitors who crossed the doors of the new Obama Presidential Center, welcoming them personally. The Obamas, accompanied by the former host of “Reading Rainbow”, LeVar Burton, also read “Where the Wild Things Are” to 25 schoolchildren at the Chicago Public Library branch within the center. When the former President read Maurice Sendak’s phras…
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Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama surprised Hyde Park elementary students at the Obama Presidential Center’s public library on Friday morning, just ahead of the doors opening to the public for the first time. The Obamas came out to read Maurice Sendak’s children’s classic “Where the Wild Things Are.” They even acted out parts of the book during the 25-minute visit with students and staff from William H. Ray Eleme…
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