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Michelle Obama Launches Online Reading Series for Kids

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - Michelle Obama launched a series of online video readings
   for kids with the classic picture book "The Gruffalo," which the former
   first lady called the story of a mouse who uses his "wit and
   imagination" to get the best of a fox and other would-be predators.

   "Mondays with Michelle Obama" is part of the PBS KIDS Read-Alongseries,
   andwill continue through May 11. It can be seen at noon EDT on the
   Facebook and YouTube pages of PBS KIDS and the Facebook page of Obama's
   publisher, Penguin Random House.

   The livestream of Obama reading "The Gruffalo" quickly received tens of
   thousands of likes on Facebook.

   Other celebrities who have given readings during the coronavirus
   pandemic include Jimmy Fallon, Jennifer Garner and Demi Lovato, who
   also read 'The Gruffalo'

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