{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"smdillon","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/smdillon\/","title":"The Virtual Booktalk","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DgZgLYg68a\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/the-virtual-booktalk\/\">The Virtual Booktalk<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/the-virtual-booktalk\/embed\/#?secret=DgZgLYg68a\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Virtual Booktalk&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"DgZgLYg68a\" 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":"One of the new things I have added to my schedule this year is a push in to the 4th grade classroom every Monday to do book talks.\u00a0 The classroom teacher and I discussed how to make it work, and we decided to highlight 3-4 titles per week, with a mix of classic titles and new within a genre or along a theme. As fate would have it, the first Book Nook landed on Halloween which made for a natural &#8220;Spooky Story&#8221; theme highlighting Roald Dahl&#8217;s THE WITCHES, John Bellairs&#8217; THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS&#8217; WALLS, and Alvin Schwartz&#8217;s SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK. The next week saw Oldies but Goodies booktalks including Norton Juster&#8217;s PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH, Edward Eager&#8217;s HALF MAGIC, and William Pene Du Bois&#8217; THE 21 BALLOONS. The following week came the glitch.\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t going to be available for Book Nook, and instead..."}