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Books This Week in Constant Reader
Posted by Paul Constant on Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 2:00 PM
This week in Constant Reader, I visit the 826 store for a reading of children's letters to Obama, from a new McSweeney's book called Thanks and Have Fun Running the Country.
There's no political agenda to these letters. They range from advice ("Meet with your helpers. Get a puppy. Talk to America. Make a speech. My name is Matthew Wong.") to important questions (a 5-year-old writes, "Do you work with Santa Claus? Can I meet you in your house? Can I say bye to you after I meet you? And then can I meet you again? And then again after that?") and demands ("let kids visit the Oval Office, but don't make it boring" and "I want a gasoline card").
I'm not usually convinced that children are intrinsically cute, but this was pretty cute. I hope you'll read the whole thing.
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