{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Eva Mitnick","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/emitnick\/","title":"The Newbery Marathon","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ndvPiz8KVD\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/the-newbery-marathon\/\">The Newbery Marathon<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/the-newbery-marathon\/embed\/#?secret=ndvPiz8KVD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Newbery Marathon&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"ndvPiz8KVD\" 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":"The Space Needle?\u00a0 The Experience Music Project?\u00a0 Pioneer Square?\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t see any of that stuff while I was in Seattle this ALA Midwinter, though the five Starbucks between my hotel and the Convention Center became very familiar indeed. Nope, much of my ALA was spent in a conference room with my 14 fellow 2013 Newbery Award Committee members, discussing the best in children&#8217;s literature published in 2012.\u00a0 Fueled by chocolate, popcorn, nuts, crackers, cookies, smoked salmon and a LOT of coffee, the conversation was funny, intense, detailed, informed and enlightening.\u00a0 Take it from me, the 2013 Newbery Committee members are some of smartest, wittiest and most dedicated people with whome I&#8217;ve ever had the pleasure to be stuck in a room for hours on end. Sometimes, the process reminded me of jury duty.\u00a0 We had our criteria, rules and guidelines to adhere to &#8211; much like jury instructions from...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/-hEt-UysfTNg\/UQavozBLFNI\/AAAAAAAAB0c\/1oZvgqD9fx0\/s825\/2013-01-28_07-51-28_342.jpg"}