{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Guest Contributor","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/guest-contributor\/","title":"In the Beginning There Was an Internship","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0XPexq6qIT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/in-the-beginning-there-was-an-internship\/\">In the Beginning There Was an Internship<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/in-the-beginning-there-was-an-internship\/embed\/#?secret=0XPexq6qIT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;In the Beginning There Was an Internship&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"0XPexq6qIT\" 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 didn\u2019t get a sudden inspiration to start doing a Mock Newbery.\u00a0 I received an internship at St Joseph County Public Library under Kris Springer.\u00a0 Kris is the Manager of Children\u2019s Services and had run a Mock Newbery club for several years.\u00a0 She was on the actual Newbery committee and used her knowledge and love of books to start her club.\u00a0 Being a school librarian, I was fascinated. After stealing all of Kris\u2019 ideas, I went back to school\/work (that\u2019s what I call it) and badgered the Language Arts teachers into joining a Mock Newbery Club with me. I promised them they would be children\u2019s lit gurus when the club was over.\u00a0 Suckers. I chose 12 books off the list of 76 I\u2019d helped Kris compile for her student Mock Newbery Club.\u00a0 The teachers had to read 2 or 3 books per month and fill out one of those Mock..."}