Monique Harris

Canada: We Are the Story by Richard Wagamese; illus. by Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley Primary    Swift Water/Tundra    40 pp. 3/26    9781774886380    $18.99 “Listen.

Otherwise Known as Judy the Great: A Poetic Ode to Judy Blume by Selina Alko; illus. by the author Primary    Ottaviano/Little, Brown    48 pp. 2/26    9780316570633    $18.99 A collection of poems introduces author Judy Blume (b. 1938) to readers who may not yet have encountered much of her work.

The Dream Builder’s Blueprint: Dr. King’s Message to Young People by Alice Faye Duncan; illus. by E. B. Lewis Primary    Calkins/Astra  32 pp. 1/26    9781662680311    $19.99 As an opening note explains, this book’s text is drawn from one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last public speeches, which he delivered in 1967 to an auditorium of young people at Barratt Junior High School in South Philadelphia.