Kid favorites included Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid and, of course, the ever-popular Goosebumps series.
So what's Obama reading? Sources say Gordon Goldstein’s Lessons in Disaster, a book about the American government's lack of vision in the lead up to the Vietnam conflict. But during the school visit today, Obama talked about a book that more third-and fifth graders could relate to.
"Malia and I read the Harry Potter books. We thought those were pretty good," he said. He also went on to recommend Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things, and said that the Spike Jonze movie based on the book was "worth seeing."
School superintendent Jerry D. Weast was impressed.
"He knew their books," Weast said. "He was able to relate to their books and, without any kind of hesitation, respond to their questions."
What did the kids think of the day? Maya, an eight-year-old, had a strong opinion with an equally strong qualifier: "This is the best day of my life -- in school."
