PB PERS BAM Festival
b'Talked with Jennifer McQuown, Youth Services Manager, Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach. They are hosting the annual BAM Festival (Books, Arts and Music) coming up on March 2nd. Their mission is to provide a great literary experience for all of South Florida by bringing together authors, artists and musicians with the members of the community to share their love of B.A.M. The 400 block of Clematis will be closed and there will be artists and music on the street level. They have a very dense schedule of author presentations starting at 10am in various locations. The authors/illustrators include: Elizabeth Acevedo, John David Anderson, Tracey Baptiste, Lauren Baratz-Logsted, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, John Becker, Phil Bildner, Ross Burach, Cathy Camper, Lauren Castillo, Tara Dairman, Eric Elfman, Robert Forbes, Stephanie Garber, Charise Mericle Harper, Deron Hicks, Justina Ireland, Brendan Kiely, Greg Logsted, Frank Morrison, John Parra, LeUyen Pham, Stacie Ramey, Sherri Duskey Rinker, Connie Schofield Morrison, Neal Schusterman, Dashka Slater, Nic Stone, Laini Taylor, Raul the Third, and Sherri Winston. Listeners do need to pre-register for the story time at the Brightline Train location, they can do that and get more info at www.bamwpb.org'