Michelle Obama & Jessica Alba Read Dr. Seuss In Style (PHOTOS)

First Lady Michelle Obama had what looked like a super-fun morning reading Dr. Seuss' oeuvre to elementary school students during a kickoff event for the National Education Association (NEA) Read Across America Day, at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Also there? Jessica Alba and her daughter Honor -- we're not sure why, but we'll take it!

The first lady and the actress were aptly dressed for the occasion -- Michelle in a pink-and-white patterned shirt, a red skirt and a flower brooch and Alba in a floral frock. The only things missing? Two "Cat in the Hat" hats, one for each.

Take a look.

(All images by Getty/AP)

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[Sandmanj]

09:05 AM on 03/06/2011

Seeing Michelle Obama read Dr. Seuss to those kids rubs the rightwingnuts the wrong way three ways: They h@te powerful black women, the h@te public schools, and they h@te books. (from "New Rules" last night - thank you, Bill Maher).

[Big0725]

01:32 PM on 03/03/2011

Michelle Obama and Jessica Alba do Dr. Suess?

Sumbicth getting more than me in the grave!

[SoCalGrandma]

11:36 AM on 03/03/2011

I've posted this before, but it's worth repeating: Kids absolutely do not fake their love for an adult, and the adult can't fake it, either. Look at slide #13.

[Dr Scott]

11:22 AM on 03/03/2011

Wow! Ms. Alba makes a really cute mom!

[learnsomething]

12:32 PM on 03/05/2011

What a strange comment.

[knight7se7en]

10:49 AM on 03/03/2011

I love our First Lady.

[learnsomething]

12:33 PM on 03/05/2011

Me too.

[XFilesTheTruthIsOutThere]

10:43 AM on 03/03/2011

The people who are criticizing the attire that Michelle Obama is wearing, truly don't get the genius that was Doctor Seuss. What Michelle wore absolutely paid homage to the color vision of an author I truly adored growing up.

Both Michelle and Jessica looked amazing beautiful and I wish I could have been there to relish in the celebration of Doctor Seuss!

[learnsomething]

12:34 PM on 03/05/2011

Some people will search for anything to criticize our beautiful first lady..

[XFilesTheTruthIsOutThere]

12:49 PM on 03/05/2011

That's certainly true.

[XFilesTheTruthIsOutThere]

10:30 AM on 03/03/2011

Really? You felt the need to post your assine comment on a fashion blog? What we don't deserve here is to read your Ernest T Bash rhetoric!

[daviesmith84]

11:10 AM on 03/03/2011

Get your quote straight:
“What we have learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback and let me tell you something, For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment. I have seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues. It has made me proud.”

Now: Let's use your twisted logic: are you proud of everything America has done? If you are that explains how backwards and ign0rant your post is.

Also: It is clear that you have no idea about r@ce and about its role in American society. This woman has come up against things in which you have no idea about, no appreciation of, no experience with.

Michelle Obama deserves praise, and respect. You, on the other hand, deserve nothing.

[db08]

09:09 AM on 03/03/2011

I love seeing the kids have so much fun and our FLOTUS in the mix of it enjoying the kids and reading. Is there anything better!?

[goodmarina]

01:02 AM on 03/03/2011

Reading is always FASHIONABLE  :D

[Lisette]

06:42 AM on 03/03/2011

it is not supposed to wishfulslinker!

[daviesmith84]

08:21 AM on 03/03/2011

And no one cares what you think! LOL

[XFilesTheTruthIsOutThere]

10:46 AM on 03/03/2011

Obviously you do because you wasted precious minutes of your life just to say no one cares.

[260Parkway]

11:36 PM on 03/02/2011

I'm sure Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Rush will come out against this and say it's okay to be dumb if you choose to be. Reading is not fundamental as we suppose.

[xlntcat]

02:58 AM on 03/03/2011

Palin is a classic example of how trendy "DUMB" has become.

[modernman55]

03:31 AM on 03/03/2011

I am sure Limbaugh will now dismiss Dr. Seuss as liberal indoctrination of the youth.

[LMPE]

11:27 PM on 03/02/2011

Dr. Seuss was quite possibly THE greatest author ever!

[goodmarina]

01:06 AM on 03/03/2011

oh -  i so agree ....

my children are older now --  but we still parrot lines from various Dr. Seuss books when we are goofing around.   

even the youngest of children seem to tend to listen to the rhythmic words of the books.

[sabelmouse]

07:26 AM on 03/03/2011

i can't say i'm figuring without ging on.

[Sandmanj]

09:09 AM on 03/06/2011

His books were the first to get me interested in reading.

Now my son loves them.

[1088]

10:21 PM on 03/02/2011

Video!

http://www.michelleobamawatch.com/

[yougogirl1948]

08:29 AM on 03/03/2011

@1088:

Thank you for posting this video! It brought back so many good memories. Childhood should be this fun and magical for every child, but sadly in the real world it isn't.

[veritas88]

10:14 PM on 03/02/2011

I think Michelle Obama's jovial outfit fits the occasion perfectly. It's Dr. Suess!

[nogornc]

08:58 PM on 03/02/2011

Oh no Michelle is now advocating reading! Oh, that's okay,huh? Morbidly fat children are okay as long as they're reading?

[amtheone]

09:10 PM on 03/02/2011

Nogornc, what are you talking about?

[XFilesTheTruthIsOutThere]

10:33 AM on 03/03/2011

I haven't said this in awhile but you get a Scooby Doo moment