Stig of the Dump tells the story of a boy who discovers a cave man living in a dump in the local chalk pits near his granny's house. The two become friends and enjoy lots of building and creating using the left over materials in the dump. Along the course of the story they build a chimney, see off some house robbers and help the zoo capture a leopard. The story ends with a magical experience where the children are transported to stone age Britain to witness the creation of Stone Henge by stone age peoples.

Barney teaches Stig lots of new skills. Can you choose one of them and write a set of instructions to teach somebody else too? When I was young my teacher read me this book... I loved ! After reading it again recently nothing has changed ! Great book The above video may be from a third-party source. We accept no responsibility for any videos from third-party sources. Please let us know if the video is no longer working. 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.Other themes in the novel are the importance of friendship, education through experience, bullying and risk taking. The book opens with Barney falling over the edge of the chalk pit and adventurous children will find this attractive. This would need to be handled with care in a classroom situation. 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:

Barney and Lou do not share their adventures with anyone, and their parents never realise the truth of Stig's existence, although they jokingly talk about him as a kind of magical being that can fix particularly "odd jobs". It is left unclear whether Barney sees much more of Stig, or even whether Stig stays in the rapidly-filling rubbish dump. A figure that resembles Stig is sighted working with junk in various locations around the area; but the book concludes that "perhaps it was only a relative of his", suggesting that Stig may not be the only caveman alive in the modern world. 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. 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.I was reminded of this book when thinking about stories with environmental themes in my childhood. Rereading it I realize that there are other themes too. Friendship, loyalty, appreciation for the other, connection of people to a place.

Read this at school in p5 was not interested I thought it was boring but I was looking for books for my kindle and I stumbled across this and I gave it one last chance and I fell in love - wish there was another one. 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.He returned with a post-war grant to Downing College, Cambridge, where he read English and Russian. The British Council offered him jobs, mostly concerned with teaching English, in Amsterdam, Belfast, Syria, Beirut, Dhaka and Madras (now Chennai). Many of these places provided settings for the stories he was writing. In 1973, he became a full-time writer, heartened by the growing popularity of his third book, Stig of the Dump. Clive lives in Norfolk with his family. Stig of the Dump Display Posters - Featuring main characters from the book as well as settings, events and important items, these posters would work wonderfully as part of a classroom display all about the book. Alternatively, you could use them as a visual aid to boost reading comprehension.