{"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":"Attending the Arbuthnot","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"noCwwYS39k\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/attending-the-arbuthnot\/\">Attending the Arbuthnot<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/attending-the-arbuthnot\/embed\/#?secret=noCwwYS39k\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Attending the Arbuthnot&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"noCwwYS39k\" 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&#8217;m writing this just a few hours after having attended the 2012 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, held this year at Miami University in Oxford, OH.\u00a0 I had been so looking forward to this rare and wonderful opportunity to see and hear one of my all-time favorite author\/illustrators \u2014 Peter S\u00ed\u00ads \u2014 and this evening&#8217;s events did not disappoint! Reading in the dark\u2026this is how Peter\u00a0S\u00ed\u00ads described growing up behind the Iron Curtain.\u00a0 Reading in the dark.\u00a0 Many of us have warm childhood memories of sneaking a flashlight into our bedrooms after our parents had given the last \u201clights out\u201d\u009d announcement of the night, the thrill we had of reading when it was \u201cforbidden\u201d\u009d.\u00a0 For Peter S\u00ed\u00ads, however, this image does not connote warm fuzzy feelings.\u00a0 This evening, before a packed house, he described how books and stories were his lifeline &#8212; confusing and often contradictory, but a lifeline, nonetheless &#8212;...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/100_4246-300x281.jpg"}