Last night, a packed Kaufmann Concert Hall at the 92nd Street Y hosted the first lady and her daughter Jenna to discuss the children’s book, Read All About It!, on which the two collaborated. Eric Konigsberg of the New York Times was in attendance and he wrote:

The Bushes — fresh off an extended appearance Tuesday morning on NBC’s “Today” show, in which the first lady served as co-host for one hour — took the stage to a standing ovation and read from the new book. A talk followed, moderated by Julia Reed, a journalist who grew up in Texas and has written about the Bushes for Vogue and Newsweek.

The Bush women discussed their teaching experiences. Mrs. Bush, who has worked as a public school teacher and a librarian, said that she had taught grades 2, 3 and 4 in Houston, Dallas, and Austin, and that —not unlike an episode in the book — children in one of her classes had pretended that Charlotte, from “Charlotte’s Web,” was living in a classroom closet.