The Kuia & the Spider
By Patricia Grace
Illustrated by Robin Kahukiwa
Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's award-winning story about two old friends bickering over whose weaving is best, celebrating this traditional Maori art.
Who's the best at weaving, the kuia or the spider? They decide to ask their grandchildren . . .
Once there was a kuia who made mats and baskets.
In the corner of her kitchen lived a spider who made webs.
Since its publication in 1981, Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's The Kuia and the Spider has become a New Zealand classic.
By Patricia Grace
Illustrated by Robin Kahukiwa
Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's award-winning story about two old friends bickering over whose weaving is best, celebrating this traditional Maori art.
Who's the best at weaving, the kuia or the spider? They decide to ask their grandchildren . . .
Once there was a kuia who made mats and baskets.
In the corner of her kitchen lived a spider who made webs.
Since its publication in 1981, Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's The Kuia and the Spider has become a New Zealand classic.
By Patricia Grace
Illustrated by Robin Kahukiwa
Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's award-winning story about two old friends bickering over whose weaving is best, celebrating this traditional Maori art.
Who's the best at weaving, the kuia or the spider? They decide to ask their grandchildren . . .
Once there was a kuia who made mats and baskets.
In the corner of her kitchen lived a spider who made webs.
Since its publication in 1981, Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's The Kuia and the Spider has become a New Zealand classic.
Published: 20 October 1982
ISBN: 9780140503876