{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Karen Choy","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/karen-choy\/","title":"Friday Highlights @ #alsc14","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gVs4q6jCqJ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/friday-highlights-alsc14\/\">Friday Highlights @ #alsc14<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/09\/friday-highlights-alsc14\/embed\/#?secret=gVs4q6jCqJ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Friday Highlights @ #alsc14&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"gVs4q6jCqJ\" 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":"Friday was a whirlwind of excitement, from start to finish&#8211;how can you top a day that begins with Breakfast for Bill and ends at Fairyland? It exceeded all expectations! Highlights included: -Gene Luen Yang&#8217;s revelation that as a pre-teen, he smuggled home comics in oversized Egyptology library books. He also had an amazing, hilarious&#8211;and pretty convincing&#8211;theory about how Superman is really Asian. -Rita Williams-Garcia read aloud parts of her childhood diary, which included a prophetic letter to William Morrow (which later became her publisher). -Tim Federle&#8217;s astute observation that kids don&#8217;t classify books and authors as &#8220;GLBT&#8221; or &#8220;Asian.&#8221; To them, &#8220;books are books.&#8221; -Pam Munoz Ryan said that she personally didn&#8217;t become an avid reader until she was in 5th grade. She pointed out that sometimes it just takes some kids a little longer than others and that books enter a person&#8217;s life at the right time. -Author Ginger..."}