Stig of the Dump: 60th Anniversary Edition (A Puffin Book)

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I loved this book! A magical story of friendship with its feet in reality for the most part, which makes it ever more delightful. Barney's adventures with his thought-to-be-imaginary friend, Stig are led by his inquisitiveness and wholly absorbing need to play: the idea of a child escaping to the local dump or wasteland alone now would cause many a raised eyebrow yet in my own youth the raised eyebrow would come to the child who did not do this. rummaged, toppling, bolted, relief, weather-beaten, spire, pylons, pursuit, exclaimed, grazing, poised, mound and restrain. It was lovely to relive the plot. And my son didn't have a problem following the story, the language wasn't so very different to any contemporary book. Barney is an 'everyboy', a bit of a loner, who discovers, when staying at his Grandma's, that the nearby chalk pit hides a surprising secret. A hidden den, a strange boy.... wearing rabbit fur, speaking his own language of grunts. A cave boy?

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Edward Ardizzone (illustrator). First edition thus. 170pp. Octavo [20.5cm]. Illustrated cloth over boards. Previous owner's ex libris stamp and additional small notation on front free endpaper. In lightly soiled publisher's orange slipcase.

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Calling him Stig, Barney befriends this unusual individual, and the two share a series of adventures. Some more domestic (home improvements, bullies/gangs), and some rather daring and exciting (a real escaped leopard! thieves!). Barney and Stig use lots of different tools when they are building things. Make a safety poster to teach people how to use them carefully. There is a lot of wonderful risk taking in the story which will appeal to most adventurous children. The book opens with the main character falling off the edge of the chalk pit even though he has been warned repeatedly about this possibility and he is fine. The book encourages children to explore and take delight in their ability to learn about the world and create.

Unphased by who Stig might be or where he came from, Barney wants to help and support his friend with adapting his home in the dump, hunting and enjoying his time playing and learning with and from him. Hamid of Aleppo; The Town that Went South; The 22 Letters; The Night the Water Came; Snakes and Snakes; Me and My Million; The Inner Ring series; The Devil's Cut; Ninny's Boat; The Sound of propellors; The Seashore People; A Touch of Class Read more Details Clive King’s ‘Stig of the dump’ is about a boy called Barney who befriends a caveman called ‘Stig’ who lives in a quarry. Barney finds Stig by accidently falling into the quarry and through the roof of Stig’s den. From this point onwards they become good friends. I read this as a class book and every day I would look forward to reading it!! It is so good, I recommend it to everyone. written descriptions of each part of the cave, including inventions such as Stig’s plumbing and the chimney.

This lovely story about the unlikely friendship between Barney and stone-age Stig has stood the test of time. Although it is now over 50 years old, contemporary children will love reading about the pair's lively adventures. Clive Kings' story is perfectly accompanied by Edward Ardizzone's classic illustrations. These extracts describe what it was like in Stig’s cave. Imagine that you are an estate-agent and it is your job to sell this cave. Using the information in the extracts above and any other useful information that you find in chapters 1 and 2, design a leaflet that will persuade someone to buy the cave. Remember to include: Recall’s a funny thing at the best of times and mine’s gotten seriously worse since I had my stroke. There were parts of this book I was reciting word-for-word along with the audiobook and there were other parts I didn’t remember at all. Part of the joy of rereading, I suppose. I have given it three stars, but for kids or young adult readers I highly recommend it! It’s fun. It’s exciting. It’s amusing. It teaches the value of creative thought, imagination, generosity and sharing, of doing things out in the fresh air, together with friends. It will have your kids making things out of scraps and odds and ends. It speaks of friendship and promotes curiosity, ingenuity, bravery and daring. Kind treatment of animals too. It’s a great book to put in the hands of a young reader.

Clive King's Stig of the Dump is a much-loved modern classic. It is the story of Barney and his best friend, cave-man Stig. David Clive King was born in Richmond, Surrey, England in 1924 but spent most of his childhood in Ash, a small village some 30 miles from London on the Kentish North Downs, where he and his three brothers used to play in a disused chalk pit. He was a boarder at King's School, Rochester at a time when every boy expected to be called up for the armed services in World War Two, and he opted for the Navy. This gave him seagoing experience that took him to the Arctic, Australia and Asia.First Edition, small personal name-stamp on inside wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Puffin Original 196. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Choose one of the main events of the story and write a diary entry about it from Barney’s point of view. The central theme of the book is a wonderful story of friendship and trust between Barney and Stig, despite the vast differences that separate them. As well as allowing children to identify with and engage with the story, the imaginative writing from a child's perspective also provides various outlets for them to develop their reading, writing and even numeracy skills. One example of this is that Barney often consciously counts items he's found in the dump, and the story also makes good use of adjectives to describe item's properties. Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justify inferences with evidence.

Imagine that you are a policeman interviewing Barney about the robbery. What questions would you ask? How would he respond?This is an activity linked to chapter 6 of the book Stig of the Dump and focuses on inference. This resource is aimed at LKS2 classes for children aged 7-9. King's modern classic from 1963 is enduringly loved because it contains so many irresistible ingredients' - The Times Your class will read the extract and learn more about the physical appearance of Stig and also think deeper into the inferences than can be made.