Stig of the dump Penguin random house children's uk (Penguin Random House Children's UK)

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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. Barney is a solitary little boy, given to wandering off żeby himself. One day he is lying on the edge of a disused chalk-pit when it gives way and he lands in a sort of cave.

Here he meets 'somebody with a lot of shaggy hair and two bright black eyes' wearing a rabbit skin and speaking in grunts. He names him Stig. Of course nobody believes Barney when he tells his family all about Stig, but for Barney cave-man Stig is totally real.

They become great friends, learning each others ways and embarking on a series of unforgettable adventures. Clive King was born in Richmond, Surrey, in 1924. When he was young his family moved to a village called Ash, near Sevenoaks in Kent, which is the setting for Stig of the Dump.

He went to Downing College, Cambridge, and the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.He then served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. His service as a sailor and his work as a language teacher took him all over the world.

Clive King lives with his family in Norfolk and is a full-time writer. Also available in A Puffin Book: Goodnight Mister Tom And Back Home by Michelle Magorian; Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little And The Trumpet Of The Swan aby E.

B. White; The Borrowers by Mary Norton; Stig Of The Dump żeby Clive King; Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor; A Dog So Small żeby Philippa Pearce; Gobbolino żeby Ursula Moray Williams; Carrie's War by Nina Bawden; Mrs Frisby And The Rats Of Nimh by Richard C O'Brien; A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle; The Cay żeby Theodore Taylor; Tarka The Otter aby Henry Williamson; Watership Down by Richard Adams; Smith aby Leon Garfield; The Neverending Story aby Michael Ende; Annie żeby Thomas Meehan; and The Family From One End Street aby Eve Garnett.

Other titles żeby Clive King: 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.