# THAT'S how you read a story aloud

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-you-read-a-story-aloud/618303>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 9, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-you-read-a-story-aloud/618303 "2012-04-09T21:26:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-you-read-a-story-aloud/618303/1 "2012-04-09T21:26:52Z")

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[Pix](http://bit.ly/HC77pY) of Pres. Obama reading _Where the Wild Things Are_, with Michelle and Bo.

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**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-you-read-a-story-aloud/618303/2 "2012-04-09T21:39:56Z")

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That’s so awesome! 😃

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-you-read-a-story-aloud/618303/3 "2012-04-09T21:42:37Z")

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Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that those photos will be re-used in Republican political ads with far different subtitles other than “Prez has fun reading a book to kids”?

But yeah, that is indeed how you read a book like that to kids!

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**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-you-read-a-story-aloud/618303/4 "2012-04-10T01:25:39Z")

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Love how Bo just sits there calmly through the whole thing. That is a seriously laid back dog!

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-how-you-read-a-story-aloud/618303/5 "2012-04-10T02:45:08Z")

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The look on Michelle’s face half the time is priceless… “Must not laugh must not laugh must not laugh…”