Te Kuia me te Pūngawerewere/The Kuia and the Spider | Illustrated by: Robyn Kahukiwa

Who's the best at weaving, the kuia or the spider? They decide to ask their grandchildren...Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's 1981 classic story The Kuia and the Spider returns in a dual reo Māori and English text, with Hirini Melbourne's original translation.

A bilingual Māori and English edition of Patricia Grace and Robyn Kahukiwa's award-winning picture book.

Tēra tētahi kuia ko tana mahi
he raranga whariki, raranga kete hoki.
I te koko o tona kīhini e noho ana he pūngawerewere
ko tana mahi he hanga whare tukutuku.

Mai i te putanga i te 1981, kua noho Te Kuia me te Pūngawerewere a Patricia Grace raua ko Robyn Kahukiwa hei tino paki tūroa no Aotearoa.

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 award-winning story about two old friends bickering over whose weaving is best has become a New Zealand classic.

Author: Patricia Grace
Paperback
26.8 x 21.6cm
Bilngual edition Māori / English