{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Public Awareness Committee","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/alsc-public-awareness-committee\/","title":"Hooray for Coretta Scott King Winners!!","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Z58jghsBRx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/hooray-for-coretta-scott-king-winners\/\">Hooray for Coretta Scott King Winners!!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/hooray-for-coretta-scott-king-winners\/embed\/#?secret=Z58jghsBRx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Hooray for Coretta Scott King Winners!!&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"Z58jghsBRx\" 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 highlights of the year, children&#8217;s librarians, educators, and publishers are fixated with the youth book awards which are selected during the Mid-Winter American Library Association meeting. Fortunate committee members travel across the four corners of the United States to meet behind &#8220;closed doors&#8221; and engage in private conversations that will pick the winners and change the destiny of those titles forever! \u00a0Their book jackets are proudly adorned with the bright gold medals that distinguish those books from the rest of the collection and become a household name (well at least with the younger crowd). \u00a0The most familiar of the awards are the John Newbery Award which has been around for over ninety years and the Randolph Caldecott Award which just celebrated its seventy-fifth birthday!! Gaining in audience are the Coretta Scott King Book Awards, founded in 1970, which recognizes outstanding African American authors and illustrators that \u201cdemonstrate..."}