“The more words he knew the more clearly he could share with the world what he was thinking, feeling, and dreaming.” In this video, Barack and Michelle Obama join Chicago Public Library’s “Live From the Library” storytime session, to speak about their love of libraries and read The Word Collector (Orchard Books, 2018) written and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds.
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