{"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":"Newbery and Caldecott Mock Elections Toolkit","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WXPkVgBqCg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/newbery-and-caldecott-mock-elections-toolkit\/\">Newbery and Caldecott Mock Elections Toolkit<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/newbery-and-caldecott-mock-elections-toolkit\/embed\/#?secret=WXPkVgBqCg\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Newbery and Caldecott Mock Elections Toolkit&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"WXPkVgBqCg\" 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":"For some people, autumn might be all about football or the first day of school o leaves changing color\u2026but in the children\u2019s book world, it\u2019s Mock Awards Season! As the Newbery, Caldecott, and all the other Committees carry out their highly confidential tasks of selecting distinguished books, the rest of us wonder just what they\u2019re thinking\u2026and sometimes try to duplicate it with Mock Award events. Mock Awards programs are a long-time tradition. For decades, teachers, librarians, and other children\u2019s literature experts have worked with kids and adults, in-person and online, in a few hours or over weeks or months, reading, discussing, and finally voting on some of the year\u2019s best books. To help organizers develop effective programs, ALSC published the first Newbery &amp; Caldecott Mock Election Kit, written by Kathleen Staerkel, Nancy Hackett, and Linda Ward Callaghan in 1994. A revised edition came out in 2001, and I just finished...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/mockelections-300x220.jpg"}