{"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":"Please Pass the Poetry","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"kZEL1fh1fr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/please-pass-the-poetry\/\">Please Pass the Poetry<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/please-pass-the-poetry\/embed\/#?secret=kZEL1fh1fr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Please Pass the Poetry&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"kZEL1fh1fr\" 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":"April brings many things. April showers bring May flowers. April brings seasonal farmers\u2019 markets, Passover and Easter, National Library Week, and young students clutching National Poetry Month assignments.\u00a0 National Poetry Month is an opportunity for youth services librarians to highlight our poetry collections and to break down the stereotype that poetry is boring.\u00a0 With that in mind, I\u2019d like to share some of my recent favorites, and I hope that you\u2019ll chime in with your favorites (old and new) in the comments section. Dark Emperor &amp; Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman\u00a0(published September 2010 by Houghton Miffflin Books For Children) You can\u2019t go wrong with any of Joyce Sidman\u2019s poetry collections (another favorite is This Is Just To Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness), but her recent 2011 Newbery Honor Book is not to be missed.\u00a0 This salute to animals (and the oak tree that rests and recovers...","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/contentcafe2.btol.com\/ContentCafe\/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III51&amp;Password=BT0051&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=0547152280&amp;erroroverride=1"}