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CHICAGO — Not only is Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL), which was named an “outstanding resource” in a starred review by Library Journal, a fun-filled approach that nurtures early literacy and school readiness skills in young children, it’s also extremely flexible. Demonstrating how librarians, educators, and caregivers have adapted MGOL for a variety of settings, Betsy Diamant-Cohen’s “,” published by 91��ý Editions, provides the inspiration and groundwork to enable others to do the same. Presented in easily readable modules, among the contexts explored are:

• specific settings such as museums, outdoor venues, Early Head Starts, homes and home daycares, schools, prisons, and laundromats;
• MGOL for children with special needs, children in hospitals, parents of premature infants, teen moms, and other special audiences;
• multicultural MGOL, including programs in other languages and programs that focus on cultural heritage and religious traditions;
• ways to use MGOL with adults, including mentoring educators, involving senior citizens, and training parents as facilitators; and
• MGOL in libraries, including ways to adapt it for different age groups, parent-education programs, and as themed sessions for summer reading clubs.

Diamant-Cohen was awarded the 2018 Alexandre Vattermare Award for Creativity in Libraries for the creation and development of the "Mother Goose on the Loose" program, which has been nationally-replicated. She presents training workshops, webinars, and online courses for librarians across the US. Her website is and Twitter handle is .

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