{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Renee Grassi","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/renee-grassi\/","title":"A Librarian's Open Letter to Jacqueline Laurita","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Aw2yhCXhh8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/a-librarians-open-letter-to-jacqueline-laurita\/\">A Librarian&#8217;s Open Letter to Jacqueline Laurita<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/a-librarians-open-letter-to-jacqueline-laurita\/embed\/#?secret=Aw2yhCXhh8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;A Librarian&#8217;s Open Letter to Jacqueline Laurita&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"Aw2yhCXhh8\" 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":"Hi Jacqueline, First off, I have a confession to make. I have never watched an episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, nor have I watched any of the Real Housewife series or spin offs.\u00a0 It&#8217;s just not my cup of tea. In fact, there are probably many other librarians out there who share my opinion. And that&#8217;s perfectly okay because that&#8217;s not why I&#8217;m writing this open letter to you today. This is not the first time a children&#8217;s librarian used this blog before to broadcast their message to a celebrity. In 2012, I fangirled my adoration for Glee&#8217;s Chris Colfer\u00a0for writing a book and encouraging children to read.\u00a0 That same year, Susan Baeir penned an open letter to Kourtney Kardashian\u00a0about how she admired Kourtney&#8217;s commitment to reading and literacy in raising her son. I&#8217;m not sure if you, Chris Colfer, and Kourtney Kardashian share many things in..."}