{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Jennifer Schultz","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/jschultz\/","title":"These Books Are For the Birds","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"41US4pkG50\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/these-books-are-for-the-birds\/\">These Books Are For the Birds<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2008\/02\/these-books-are-for-the-birds\/embed\/#?secret=41US4pkG50\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;These Books Are For the Birds&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"41US4pkG50\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"I know, I know.\u00a0 A &#8220;cheep&#8221; joke. (I&#8217;ll stop-I promise.) As you have probably already guessed, today&#8217;s storytime was centered on birds.\u00a0 Quite a few of them had to do with a missing\/lost mother, which wasn&#8217;t planned.\u00a0 What is it about lost baby birds? Is it the fact that they look so cute and helpless when they are babies? Choco can&#8217;t find his mother; nevertheless, he goes off in search of a mother who looks like him.\u00a0 He finds a giraffe; he&#8217;s yellow, and the giraffe is yellow, so she could be his mother! Right? Well, no.\u00a0 Neither can Mrs. Penguin, even though she has wings just like Choco.\u00a0 Neither can Mrs. Walrus, even though she has big round cheeks like Choco.\u00a0 Despondent, Choco meets Mrs. Bear.\u00a0 This brown bear certainly can&#8217;t be his mother!\u00a0 Out of frustration and sadness, he begins to cry.\u00a0 Mrs. Bear soothes him by asking...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/choco.thumbnail.jpg"}