Heartdrum Explained

Heartdrum is a publishing imprint of the English-language publishing house HarperCollins that specializes in children's books by North American Indigenous authors.

Audience

Heartdrum was launched in 2019 and is an imprint of the American publishing house HarperCollins Publishers dedicated to Indigenous stories.^[1] With an emphasis on Indian Country and the fortitude of young Indigenous heroes, the imprint is by Native American authors who write for youngsters aged 8 and up.^[2]

Notable books

Heartdrum has published several award-winning children's books.

• Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith (February 2021)^[3]
• Jo Jo Makoons series by Dawn Quigley, illustrated by Tara Audibert (May 2021)^[4]
• The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson (May 2022)^[5]

See also

• HarperCollins
• Books in the United States
• List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas

Notes and References

1. Web site: Muzyka . Kyle . 2019-12-13 . Heartdrum: HarperCollins launches new imprint dedicated to Indigenous stories . 2022-12-13 . cbc.ca.
2. Web site: Heartdrum . 2022-12-13 . . en.
3. Web site: Book Connections – Rain Is Not My Indian Name . 2022-12-13 . bookconnections.org . en-US.
4. Web site: 2022 Youth Literature Awards . 2022-12-13 . . en-US.
5. Web site: 2022-10-11 . The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson . 2022-12-13 . CBC Books.