diff --git a/py-polars/polars/io/database.py b/py-polars/polars/io/database.py
index 752121a90e50..e9ee15faed4f 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/io/database.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/io/database.py
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@
 
 
 class _ArrowDriverProperties_(TypedDict):
-    fetch_all: str  # name of the method that fetches all arrow data
-    fetch_batches: str | None  # name of the method that fetches arrow data in batches
-    exact_batch_size: bool | None  # whether indicated batch size is respected exactly
-    repeat_batch_calls: bool  # repeat batch calls (if False, batch call is generator)
+    # name of the method that fetches all arrow data; tuple form
+    # calls the fetch_all method with the given chunk size (int)
+    fetch_all: str | tuple[str, int]
+    # name of the method that fetches arrow data in batches
+    fetch_batches: str | None
+    # indicate whether the given batch size is respected exactly
+    exact_batch_size: bool | None
+    # repeat batch calls (if False, the batch call is a generator)
+    repeat_batch_calls: bool
 
 
 _ARROW_DRIVER_REGISTRY_: dict[str, _ArrowDriverProperties_] = {
@@ -64,6 +69,13 @@ class _ArrowDriverProperties_(TypedDict):
         "exact_batch_size": True,
         "repeat_batch_calls": False,
     },
+    "kuzu": {
+        # 'get_as_arrow' currently takes a mandatory chunk size
+        "fetch_all": ("get_as_arrow", 10_000),
+        "fetch_batches": None,
+        "exact_batch_size": None,
+        "repeat_batch_calls": False,
+    },
     "snowflake": {
         "fetch_all": "fetch_arrow_all",
         "fetch_batches": "fetch_arrow_batches",
@@ -153,7 +165,7 @@ def __exit__(
     ) -> None:
         # if we created it and are finished with it, we can
         # close the cursor (but NOT the connection)
-        if self.can_close_cursor:
+        if self.can_close_cursor and hasattr(self.cursor, "close"):
             self.cursor.close()
 
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
@@ -169,8 +181,11 @@ def _arrow_batches(
         """Yield Arrow data in batches, or as a single 'fetchall' batch."""
         fetch_batches = driver_properties["fetch_batches"]
         if not iter_batches or fetch_batches is None:
-            fetch_method = driver_properties["fetch_all"]
-            yield getattr(self.result, fetch_method)()
+            fetch_method, sz = driver_properties["fetch_all"], []
+            if isinstance(fetch_method, tuple):
+                fetch_method, chunk_size = fetch_method
+                sz = [chunk_size]
+            yield getattr(self.result, fetch_method)(*sz)
         else:
             size = batch_size if driver_properties["exact_batch_size"] else None
             repeat_batch_calls = driver_properties["repeat_batch_calls"]
diff --git a/py-polars/polars/type_aliases.py b/py-polars/polars/type_aliases.py
index ea1a8a0cf6c7..5a572be8bef9 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/type_aliases.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/type_aliases.py
@@ -228,17 +228,11 @@ class SeriesBuffers(TypedDict):
 # minimal protocol definitions that can reasonably represent
 # an executable connection, cursor, or equivalent object
 class BasicConnection(Protocol):  # noqa: D101
-    def close(self) -> None:
-        """Close the connection."""
-
     def cursor(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         """Return a cursor object."""
 
 
 class BasicCursor(Protocol):  # noqa: D101
-    def close(self) -> None:
-        """Close the cursor."""
-
     def execute(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         """Execute a query."""
 
diff --git a/py-polars/pyproject.toml b/py-polars/pyproject.toml
index 4911687cea2e..2088b3310578 100644
--- a/py-polars/pyproject.toml
+++ b/py-polars/pyproject.toml
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ module = [
   "fsspec.*",
   "gevent",
   "hvplot.*",
+  "kuzu",
   "matplotlib.*",
   "moto.server",
   "openpyxl",
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ ignore = [
 ]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.per-file-ignores]
-"tests/**/*.py" = ["D100", "D103", "B018", "FBT001"]
+"tests/**/*.py" = ["D100", "D102", "D103", "B018", "FBT001"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint.pycodestyle]
 max-doc-length = 88
diff --git a/py-polars/requirements-dev.txt b/py-polars/requirements-dev.txt
index 4a3785e77f15..2006cab3f5d5 100644
--- a/py-polars/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/py-polars/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ adbc_driver_sqlite; python_version >= '3.9' and platform_system != 'Windows'
 # TODO: Remove version constraint for connectorx when Python 3.12 is supported:
 # https://github.com/sfu-db/connector-x/issues/527
 connectorx; python_version <= '3.11'
+kuzu
 # Cloud
 cloudpickle
 fsspec
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/files/graph-data/follows.csv b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/files/graph-data/follows.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ec090c283cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/files/graph-data/follows.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Adam,Karissa,2020
+Adam,Zhang,2020
+Karissa,Zhang,2021
+Zhang,Noura,2022
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/files/graph-data/user.csv b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/files/graph-data/user.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0421e38ee559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/files/graph-data/user.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Adam,30
+Karissa,40
+Zhang,50
+Noura,25
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_database_read.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_database_read.py
index 9fc68921905d..480e5522eb9d 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_database_read.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/io/test_database_read.py
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ def __init__(
             test_data=test_data,
         )
 
-    def close(self) -> None:  # noqa: D102
+    def close(self) -> None:
         pass
 
-    def cursor(self) -> Any:  # noqa: D102
+    def cursor(self) -> Any:
         return self._cursor
 
 
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ def __getattr__(self, item: str) -> Any:
             return self.resultset
         super().__getattr__(item)  # type: ignore[misc]
 
-    def close(self) -> Any:  # noqa: D102
+    def close(self) -> Any:
         pass
 
-    def execute(self, query: str) -> Any:  # noqa: D102
+    def execute(self, query: str) -> Any:
         return self
 
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.batched = batched
         self.n_calls = 1
 
-    def __call__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:  # noqa: D102
+    def __call__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         if self.repeat_batched_calls:
             res = self.test_data[: None if self.n_calls else 0]
             self.n_calls -= 1
@@ -632,3 +632,55 @@ def test_read_database_cx_credentials(uri: str) -> None:
     # can reasonably mitigate the issue.
     with pytest.raises(BaseException, match=r"fakedb://\*\*\*:\*\*\*@\w+"):
         pl.read_database_uri("SELECT * FROM data", uri=uri)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.write_disk()
+def test_read_kuzu_graph_database(tmp_path: Path, io_files_path: Path) -> None:
+    # validate reading from a kuzu graph database
+    import kuzu
+
+    tmp_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    if (kuzu_test_db := (tmp_path / "kuzu_test.db")).exists():
+        kuzu_test_db.unlink()
+
+    test_db = str(kuzu_test_db).replace("\\", "/")
+
+    db = kuzu.Database(test_db)
+    conn = kuzu.Connection(db)
+    conn.execute("CREATE NODE TABLE User(name STRING, age INT64, PRIMARY KEY (name))")
+    conn.execute("CREATE REL TABLE Follows(FROM User TO User, since INT64)")
+
+    users = str(io_files_path / "graph-data" / "user.csv").replace("\\", "/")
+    follows = str(io_files_path / "graph-data" / "follows.csv").replace("\\", "/")
+
+    conn.execute(f'COPY User FROM "{users}"')
+    conn.execute(f'COPY Follows FROM "{follows}"')
+
+    df1 = pl.read_database(
+        query="MATCH (u:User) RETURN u.name, u.age",
+        connection=conn,
+    )
+    assert_frame_equal(
+        df1,
+        pl.DataFrame(
+            {
+                "u.name": ["Adam", "Karissa", "Zhang", "Noura"],
+                "u.age": [30, 40, 50, 25],
+            }
+        ),
+    )
+
+    df2 = pl.read_database(
+        query="MATCH (a:User)-[f:Follows]->(b:User) RETURN a.name, f.since, b.name",
+        connection=conn,
+    )
+    assert_frame_equal(
+        df2,
+        pl.DataFrame(
+            {
+                "a.name": ["Adam", "Adam", "Karissa", "Zhang"],
+                "f.since": [2020, 2020, 2021, 2022],
+                "b.name": ["Karissa", "Zhang", "Zhang", "Noura"],
+            }
+        ),
+    )
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/utils/test_deprecation.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/utils/test_deprecation.py
index 639ff7615daf..5c067404afd0 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/utils/test_deprecation.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/utils/test_deprecation.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def hello(oof: str, rab: str, ham: str) -> None: ...
 
 class Foo:  # noqa: D101
     @deprecate_nonkeyword_arguments(allowed_args=["self", "baz"], version="0.1.2")
-    def bar(  # noqa: D102
+    def bar(
         self, baz: str, ham: str | None = None, foobar: str | None = None
     ) -> None: ...