Heartdrum is a publishing
imprint
Imprint or imprinting may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Imprint'' (TV series), Canadian television series
* "Imprint" (''Masters of Horror''), episode of TV show ''Masters of Horror''
* ''Imprint'' (film), a 2007 independent drama/thriller film
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of the English-language publishing house
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmi ...
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. 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.
Notable books
Heartdrum has published several award-winning children's books.
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Rain Is Not My Indian Name
''Rain Is Not My Indian Name'' is a middle-grade / young adult novel written by Cynthia Leitich Smith, illustrated by Lori Earley, and published June 19, 2001 by Heartdrum.
Reception
''Rain is Not My Indian Name'' received positive reviews fr ...
'' by
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Cynthia Leitich Smith (born 1967) is a New York Times best-selling author of fiction for children and young adults.
A citizen of the Creek people, Muscogee Creek Nation, she writes fiction for children and teens centered on the lives of modern- ...
(February 2021)
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Jo Jo Makoons
''Jo Jo Makoons'' is a middle-grade chapter book series, written by Dawn Quigley, illustrated by Tara Audibert, and published May 11, 2021 by Heartdrum. The series centers Jo Jo Makoons Azure, an Ojibwe girl, and consists of two books: ''The U ...
'' series by
Dawn Quigley
Dawn Quigley is an author and educator. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe, North Dakota. Her first book, '' Apple in the Middle'', was nominated for the American Indian Youth Literature Award and the WILLA Literary Awa ...
, illustrated by
Tara Audibert
Tara may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
* ''Tara'' (1992 film), an Indian film directed by Bijaya Jena
* ''Tara'' (2001 film), an American film, also known as ''Hood Rat'', directed by Leslie Small
* ''Tara'' (2010 film), a ...
(May 2021)
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The Summer of Bitter and Sweet
''The Summer of Bitter and Sweet'' is a novel written by Canadian author Jen Ferguson, and published in 2022 by Heartdrum. It won the 2022 Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature — text. It is a coming of age story th ...
'' by
Jen Ferguson
Jen Ferguson is a Michif/Métis Canadian writer, activist, and academic of young adult fiction. She is best known for her Governor General's Award-winning and William C. Morris Award-nominated debut novel '' The Summer of Bitter and Sweet''.
Pe ...
(May 2022)
See also
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HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmi ...
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Books in the United States
As of 2018, several firms in the United States rank among the world's biggest publishers of books in terms of revenue: Cengage Learning, HarperCollins, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw Hill Education, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, and Wiley.
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List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
This is a list of notable writers who are Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
This list includes authors who are Alaskan Native, Native Americans in the United States, American Indian, First Nations in Canada, First Nations, Inuit, Métis peop ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/heartdrum-books-by-native-american-authors
Publishing companies of the United States
Children's book publishers
Book publishing companies based in New York City
HarperCollins books