Happy Native American Heritage Day! Heartdrum is a Native-focused imprint curated by Cynthia Leitich Smith that offers a wide range of stories by Native creators, informed and inspired by lived experience, with an emphasis on the present and future of Indian Country and on the strength of young Native heroes.
Read more about each book and download the educator guide here.
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Heartdrum books available for preorder:
Just Like Grandma by Kim Rogers, illustrated by Julie Flett (out 1/24/23)
Heroes of the Water Monster by Brian Young (out 5/23/23)
We Still Belong by Christine Day (out 8/1/23)
Heartdrum books currently out:
Indian Shoes by Cynthia Leitich Smith
JoJo Makoons and the Used-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley, illustrated by Tara Audibert
JoJo Makoons: Fancy Pants by Dawn Quigley, illustrated by Tara Audibert
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
Ancestor Approved edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The Healer of the Water Monster by Brian Young
I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day
The Sea in Winter by Christine Day
Rain is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Sisters of the Neversea by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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[Image description: The top image is a graphic with a light green background and text that reads, “Heartdrum Books to Read or Preorder on Native American Heritage Day”. The next image is a graphic with a light orange background that features the cover art for JUST LIKE GRANDMA. The next image is a graphic with a light blue background that features the cover art for HEROES OF THE WATER MONSTER. The next image is a graphic with a light pink background that features the cover art for WE STILL BELONG. The last image is a graphic featuring the tiled cover images for the rest of the books listed in the post above.]
