1.0ALSC Bloghttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blogMary Voorshttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/author/mary-voors/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GNznkgfUus"><a href="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2011/09/september-is-world-alzheimers-month/">September is World Alzheimer’s Month</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2011/09/september-is-world-alzheimers-month/embed/#?secret=GNznkgfUus" width="600" height="338" title="“September is World Alzheimer’s Month” — ALSC Blog" data-secret="GNznkgfUus" 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> September is World Alzheimer’s Month, an apt time to help raise awareness about this disease. The statistics are devastating — in the United States, for example, 5.4 million individuals in this country live with Alzheimer’s disease. So what does this have to do with our work as children’s librarians? How many preschool/school-age grandchildren, children, friends & neighbors do you think these 5.4 million people have? How many parents, teachers, and caregivers are struggling with how to open a discussion about this topic with their kids? Many of these adults will reach out to librarians in an effort to find materials which they can use in this manner. There are an increasing number of books which could be useful for grownups to share with their kids; here are a few of them. Striped Shirts and Flowered Pants by Barbara Schnurbush is suitably subtitled “A Story About Alzheimer’s Disease for Young Children.”...https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/striped-shirts-and-flowered-pants.jpg