1.0ALSC Bloghttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blogJennifer Schultzhttps://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/author/jschultz/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IkXWXJba8S"><a href="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/03/happy-pig-day/">Happy Pig Day!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/2012/03/happy-pig-day/embed/#?secret=IkXWXJba8S" width="600" height="338" title="“Happy Pig Day!” — ALSC Blog" data-secret="IkXWXJba8S" 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> Oh, the things you learn from Chase’s Calendar of Events. When I need inspiration for library programming or display ideas, I often consult Chase’s Calendar of Events or my favorite online source for holidays, Brownie Locks.  Fans of all things porcine undoubtedly know that March 1 is Pig Day.  What better way to mark the occasion than to discuss some awesome piggy picture books? After all, children’s literature is just bursting with fabulous literary piggies: Olivia, Babe, Mercy Watson, Mo Willems’s Piggie,  those three little pigs of folktale fame, and, of course, Wilbur (celebrating 60 years of terrific-ness this October), just to name a few.  Poor Little Runt is squished and squashed seven ways to Sunday in this rollicking story in rhyme.  One by one, his sisters and brothers are pushed out.  Ahhhh…now there’s plenty of room….but now it’s quite cold and lonely! This naturally lends itself to singing “10 in a Bed” after reading the...http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III51&Password=BT0051&Return=1&Type=L&Value=0786818840&erroroverride=1