Washington (CNN) -- President Obama visited a local bookstore in Washington Saturday and offered a quick assessment of a new book out about his time in the White House. "The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House" is a book from NBC host and former White House correspondent Chuck Todd. It was sitting behind the register at Politics & Prose -- a bookstore in a Washington neighborhood north of the White House. His visit coincided with the White House effort to promote shopping locally on "Small Business Saturday." The President visited the store on the same day last year. Shoppers at the store crowded around as Obama and his two daughters, Malia and Sasha, bought a basketful of books.
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"Looks like a sad book," Malia Obama jokes to her father as they shop for gifts
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The book: "The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House"
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The President and his daughters visit a DC bookstore on "Small Business Saturday"
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The White House releases a list of books they bought -- "The Stranger" wasn't among them
"Lets see what @placeholder has to say," said Obama as he leaned closer to the book, guessing from the title and cover that the book was about the President being "sad."