{"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":"The Halfway Mark","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lZUflOwJsq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/the-halfway-mark\/\">The Halfway Mark<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/the-halfway-mark\/embed\/#?secret=lZUflOwJsq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Halfway Mark&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"lZUflOwJsq\" 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":"June&#8211;and this post&#8211;crept up on me.\u00a0 Like many youth services librarians in public libraries, we are just about to launch our crazy-busy summer reading program. Finding that it was already Wednesday, and that I had not even started on my\u00a0ALSC post, I began to\u00a0panic.\u00a0 What should I blog about? Father&#8217;s Day picture books? Okay.\u00a0 Summertime-theme books? Well, sure.\u00a0 But then I began to think&#8211;I&#8217;ve been blogging (off and on) for this blog for a while now.\u00a0 I certainly don&#8217;t want to accidentally repeat a theme! Then it occurred to me that perhaps ALSC members would find it interesting\u00a0to read about and discuss\u00a0our favorite books from the 2012 publishing year, since we are halfway through the year.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not asking for your picks for the Caldecott\/Newbery\/etc, although if you want to promote your favorites for those\u00a0awards, please do. But feel free to\u00a0mention books that aren&#8217;t eligible for those awards (because of...","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/contentcafe2.btol.com\/ContentCafe\/Jacket.aspx?UserID=III51&amp;Password=BT0051&amp;Return=1&amp;Type=L&amp;Value=1592701213&amp;erroroverride=1"}