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

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It is left unclear whether Barney sees much more of Stig, or even whether Stig stays in the rapidly-filling rubbish dump.

During the war he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and this, combined with his later work as a language teacher for the British Council, took him all over the world.

Stig's den is a place built out of discarded rubbish, which motivates Barney to help Stig make it look more attractive. For instance my Year 2 class, following the first chapter read aloud, began to design a multitude of inventions and equipment that could be made out of recycled materials, based on Stig's creations.

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. Suitable for a wide range of abilities, these resources will aid your teaching of vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing to work alongside your lessons on Stig of the Dump by Clive King. Thanks to this book, I used to make camps in the garden with bits that I could find in the shed and hidden in corners. We enjoyed it but felt it lacked something, perhaps it was the style of writing, it lacked anything we found poetic or magical.It was featured in a broadcast as an adaptation on BBC Home Service for schools in November 1964, and later on the BBC series Blue Peter. It's presented in an easy-to-read format to make sure your pupils can follow along and take in the information. The ending of the novel describes a mysterious and magical event involving stone age cave men dragging stones into an upright position until they disappear with the dawning of Midsummer’s Day leaving only Stig behind with Barney and Lou who had also joined this expedition. Stig of the Dump plays highly on the imaginative and includes a great deal of mystery with a slight bit of magic. 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.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Your children will read Chapter 8 of the book and answer the questions based on their knowledge and understanding.Perhaps it's because it combines my own experience and fantasies with those of my son Charles, in the English countryside we both knew so well. It is a wonderful story that captures the joy of building and making and gives the reader a sense the possibilities available for making things for themselves out of the tools at hand. Stig, as Barney names him, does not have language - at least, not until the final surreal ending - but they manage to communicate through gestures and form a friendship.

All the children's books I'm currently reading are ones I read aged 8 - 10 - and have never forgotten, the stories had such an impact on my youthful self.I re-read this after hearing John Grindrod mention it in a talk about the London green belt, and I enjoyed it just as much as I did when I was a child. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes.