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]
 First edition | |
| Author | Selina Tusitala Marsh |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Selina Tusitala Marsh |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's book, Biography, Graphic novel |
| Publisher | Auckland University Press |
Publication date | 17 October 2019 |
| Publication place | New Zealand |
| ISBN | 9781869408985 |
| Followed by | Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem |
For the 2020 Pop Up Penguin art trail in Christchurch a Mophead penguin was made by artist Lisa Rudman.[5]
Awards
editIn 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]
References
edit- ^ Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference.
- ^ Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem.
- ^ To'o, Odessa (12 August 2020). "Mophead, and why I love my big hair". The Spinoff. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Woulfe, Catherine (10 December 2019). "The 10 best New Zealand children's books of 2019". The Spinoff. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Mythen, Samantha (23 November 2020). "Pop-up penguins to hit Christchurch streets in the summer sun". Stuff. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Pacific author wins supreme NZ children's book prize". RNZ. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ https://www.booksellers.co.nz/news/poet-selina-tusitala-marsh-wins-book-year-children-s-awards
- ^ "'Mophead' takes PANZ Book Design Awards hat-trick". Books+Publishing. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
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