Created by dedicated Palm Beach County educators as a way for students to interact with their favorite authors, April is for Authors, provides not only a valuable experience for children, but also an opportunity for authors to connect with their audience as well as key decision makers in the local literacy programs.

Nothing quite like this has ever been planned for Palm Beach County, indeed South Florida. It started as an idea, a dream, to bring kids’ authors to Palm Beach County, and has morphed into a full day downtown event called BAM! A Festival of Books and Music, hosted in downtown West Palm Beach. To put a signed book in the hands of a child or a teenager to foster a love of reading, to encourage learning. Isn’t that a wonderful dream? It’s all about kids leading literate lives and loving books!