Laura Shovan, June 8 at Burning Tree Elementary School

Laura Shovan is a novelist, educator and Pushcart Prize-nominated poet. Her award-winning children’s books include The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, Takedown, and the Sydney Taylor Notable A Place at the Table, written with Saadia Faruqi. She is a longtime poet-in-the-schools for the Maryland State Arts Council and teaches for Vermont College of Fine Arts’ MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Her latest poetry collection for kids is Welcome to Monsterville, which was published April 25th.

Online school orders are now closed. Orders placed by June 6 will be delivered to the school. Orders placed on The Ivy website (theivybookshop.com) or by phone (410-377-2966) can be picked up at the shop.