This is a warm story about a young girl and her relationship with her grandmother. Pounamu's grandmother is given the young girl to raise, and she teaches her many skills such as gathering shellfish and weaving. One day Nanny gives Pounamu two stones, telling her they are a treasure, just as Pounamu herself is. Pounamu leams from her family how her Nanny would call dolphins to her with the stones, but never quite believes the story until, one night she experiences the magic of the stones for herself.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd .

Melanie Drewery is a popular New Zealand author who has written the popular Nanny Mihi books and, more recently, Matariki and The Treasure. She is a talented potter who lives with her family in Nelson. Bruce Potter is well known for his beautiful illustrations in a number of Reed books, most recently The Donkey Man. He lives with his family in South Auckland. Dot Meharry is the author of The Pipi and the Mussels, winner of the Te Kura Pounamu award at the 2002 LIANZA Awards. She is a popular author and this is her second book published by Reed. This is Lindy Fisher's first book.