{"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":"Rain, Rain, Go Away","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2zqRxcREOJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/rain-rain-go-away\/\">Rain, Rain, Go Away<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2008\/03\/rain-rain-go-away\/embed\/#?secret=2zqRxcREOJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Rain, Rain, Go Away&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"2zqRxcREOJ\" 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":"&#8220;Rain, rain, go away&#8221; was what quite a few of us in northern and central Virginia were thinking last night! In the spirit of yesterday&#8217;s rainy and windy weather, I offer a selection of rain-themed books sure to sweep away those rainy day blues. Rain makes many different sounds.\u00a0 It can go &#8220;drip drop&#8221; or &#8220;plip plop,&#8221; but it can also &#8220;ping ping pingading&#8221; on a tin roof, &#8220;whoosh and hiss&#8221; on a highway, and &#8220;bup bup bup bup&#8221; on an umbrella.\u00a0 In Mary Serfozo&#8217;s Rain Talk, the many different sounds of raindrops are described to us by a young African-American girl in a yellow flowered sundress.\u00a0 She delights in the rain as it pours down around her; eventually, her mother calls her in.\u00a0 After supper, bath, and bedtime stories, she drifts off to sleep as the rain &#8220;drum-a-tum-a-Drum[s]&#8221; on the roof. The following morning brings bright sunshine, with the...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/puddles.thumbnail.jpg"}