Poetry Connections

Laura Shovan was featured this month in the magazine Baltimore's Child. She said:

When I visit schools in my work as a Maryland State Arts Council Artist-in-Education, I see the value of using poems to get students talking about their emotions. Here are some of my favorite children’s poetry books for starting those social-emotional conversations.

Laura Shovan is the award-winning author of “The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, Takedown,” and “A Place at the Table,” written with Saadia Faruqi. She will be celebrating her new book, “Welcome to Monsterville,” illustrated by Michael Rothenberg, April 29 at Catonsville’s Growing Minds Bookstore.