The Kuia and the Spider Toni Rolleston-Cummins both tender and elegiac

both tender and elegiac

brutal humour

Hilary Jean Tapper

and with Yotam's voice and personality shining through

a sea slug found on the south coast of Wellington

The Kuia and the Spider Toni Rolleston-Cummins both tender and elegiacPatricia 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