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The Kuia and The Spider
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Full Title:
The Kuia and The Spider
Contributors:
By (Author) Patricia Grace
Publisher:
Penguin Group (NZ)
Imprint:
Puffin
Publication Date:
20th October 1982
Country:
New Zealand
Classifications
Readership:
Children
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
823.2
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
32
Dimensions:
Width 215mm, Height 273mm, Spine 3mm
Weight:
158g
Description
Absorbing New Zealand tale of the Kuia (a grandmother) and the spider. Ideal for reading aloud.
Author Bio
Patricia Grace has won many awards for her work, including the New Zealand Fiction Award for Potiki in 1987, and being longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2001 with Dogside Story, which also won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Fiction Prize. Patricia lives in Plimmerton near Wellington on the ancestral land of Ngati Toa, Ngati Raukawa and Te Ati Awa in close proximity to her home marae at Hongoeka Bay.
