1.0ALSC Bloghttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blogmlochwoutershttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/author/mlochwouters/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Yf4KHez56z"><a href="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2007/11/happy-birthday-books/">Happy Birthday Books!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2007/11/happy-birthday-books/embed/#?secret=Yf4KHez56z" width="600" height="338" title="“Happy Birthday Books!” — ALSC Blog" data-secret="Yf4KHez56z" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> by Marge Loch-Wouters Hot dog! It’s National Children’s Book Week time again! And for our library (and I bet for yours) that means lots and lots of tours and class visits. We like to tell the kids who visit the library in the weeks surrounding this one that CBW is the time that we celebrate the birthday of books. If the spirit moves us, we sing a rousing “Happy Birthday” chorus and then get down to the nitty of gritty of explaining to young kids how these books can get into their hands and then back to us. We liken the library to a home – this is where the books live. But, of course, the books love to visit with kids! With a library card, children can take home books and other materials for a visit. And, just like a visit from a friend (we all know that visiting...http://www.cbcbooks.org/cbw/images/2007CBWposter.jpg