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Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference
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Author:Selina Tusitala Marsh
Illustrator:Selina Tusitala Marsh
Country:New Zealand
Language:English
Genre:Children's book, Biography, Graphic novel
Publisher:Auckland University Press
Release Date:17 October 2019
Isbn:9781869408985
Followed By:Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem

Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference is a memoir in graphic novel form, written and illustrated by the poet and academic Selina Tusitala Marsh. It is published by Auckland University Press.[1] On 12 November 2020 Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem was published.[2] [3] [4]

For the 2020 Pop Up Penguin art trail in Christchurch a Mophead penguin was made by artist Lisa Rudman.[5]

Awards

In August 2020 Mophead was the supreme winner at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, and also won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and Elsie Locke Award for Non-fiction.[6] [7] In October 2020 Mophead won three awards at the Publishers Association of New Zealand Book Design Awards – the Gerard Reid Award for Best Book, Best children's book and the PANZ People’s Choice Award – recognising the design skills of Vida Kelly.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference.
  2. Book: Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem.
  3. Web site: To'o . Odessa . Mophead, and why I love my big hair . The Spinoff . 5 April 2022 . 12 August 2020.
  4. Web site: Woulfe . Catherine . The 10 best New Zealand children's books of 2019 . The Spinoff . 5 April 2022 . 10 December 2019.
  5. Web site: Mythen . Samantha . Pop-up penguins to hit Christchurch streets in the summer sun . Stuff . April 5, 2022 . 23 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Pacific author wins supreme NZ children's book prize . RNZ . 13 August 2020 . 13 August 2020.
  7. https://www.booksellers.co.nz/news/poet-selina-tusitala-marsh-wins-book-year-children-s-awards
  8. Web site: 2020-10-26. 'Mophead' takes PANZ Book Design Awards hat-trick. 2020-10-26. Books+Publishing. en-AU.