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First Lady Melania Trump visited a New York City hospital Thursday morning to read to sick children for “Read Across America Day.”
She chose the book, Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss, whose birthday marks the annual reading-awareness day.
Trump said the children’s literary classic is one of her favorite books.
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“I came to encourage you to read – and to think about what you want to achieve in life,” the first lady told the children.
A White House official said Trump would read stories to children and then speak with their parents.
MOMENTS AGO: First Lady Melania Trump reads to children in New York City https://t.co/5Vm0uigWk5pic.twitter.com/5w0oATnx2W
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 2, 2017
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“You'll be as famous as famous can be,” she read aloud from one of her favourite books. “With everyone watching you win on TV.” pic.twitter.com/vJ7UEy06KE
— Tara McKelvey (@Tara_Mckelvey) March 2, 2017
Seated in a wooden chair, she appeared calm and collected as she read to the children.
“You go places where you feel better,” the first lady read aloud, holding up the book to display the pictures.
“You’ll be as famous as famous can be,” she added, “with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.”
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Meeting with children has been a routine duty for first ladies, in particular Laura Bush, who used to be a librarian.
Trump’s hospital visits comes after visiting Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
The first lady is still living in New York while her son, Barron, finishes his school year, but is expected to focus on women’s issues and cyberbullying once she relocates to the White House.
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