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The Dream Builder's Blueprint
- Author
- Alice Faye Duncan
- Narrator
- Corey Allen
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 28 April 2026
- Run Time
- 14 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
★ Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ Booklist, starred review
This riveting found poem for kids based on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Street Sweeper” speech is creatively interpreted in this nonfiction book written by acclaimed author Alice Faye Duncan.
In a speech delivered in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. provided his young audience with life lessons:
• You count.
• Black is beautiful.
• Achieve excellence.
• Make a better world.
• Believe in nonviolence.
• Keep going!
Today, award-winning author Alice Faye Duncan reinterprets King’s speech as a motivational erasure poem in The Dream Builder’s Blueprint. Highlighting principles of excellence, activism, and compassion that remain relevant and necessary today, this book has a universal message that’s ideal for parents, librarians, and teachers looking for a book that distills Dr. King's principles to a level that kids can understand.
Included in the book is an author’s note that explains found poetry forms like the erasure poem and provides background information on the Civil Rights movement and Dr. King’s inspiring speech at Philadelphia’s Barratt Junior High School.
“Listening to the words of Dr. King that day at Barratt Junior High is something I will never forget. I still have a vivid picture of him that will NEVER be erased. His words were an inspiration to me and my classmates.”—Kevin Washington, former National President and CEO of the YMCA and Barrett 8th Grade Class of 1967
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Details
- Author
- Alice Faye Duncan
- Narrator
- Corey Allen
- Duration
- 14 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 April 2026
- ISBN
- 9798898852276
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Synopsis
★ Publishers Weekly, starred review★ Booklist, starred review This riveting found poem for kids based on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Street Sweeper” speech is creatively interpreted in this nonfiction book written by acclaimed author Alice Faye Duncan. In a speech delivered in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. provided his young audience with life lessons: • You count.• Black is beautiful.• Achieve excellence.• Make a better world.• Believe in nonviolence.• Keep going! Today, award-winning author Alice Faye Duncan reinterprets King’s speech as a motivational erasure poem in The Dream Builder’s Blueprint. Highlighting principles of excellence, activism, and compassion that remain relevant and necessary today, this book has a universal message that’s ideal for parents, librarians, and teachers looking for a book that distills Dr. King's principles to a level that kids can understand. Included in the book is an author’s note that explains found poetry forms like the erasure poem and provides background information on the Civil Rights movement and Dr. King’s inspiring speech at Philadelphia’s Barratt Junior High School. “Listening to the words of Dr. King that day at Barratt Junior High is something I will never forget. I still have a vivid picture of him that will NEVER be erased. His words were an inspiration to me and my classmates.”—Kevin Washington, former National President and CEO of the YMCA and Barrett 8th Grade Class of 1967
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