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Stig of the Dump

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Stig of the Dump by Kaye Webb, Clive King, and Edward Ardizzone

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By Kaye Webb, Clive King, and and, Edward Ardizzone

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102 reviews

Barney is a solitary eight-year-old, given to wandering off by himself. One day he is lying on the edge of disused chalk-pit when he tumbles over, lands in a sort of cave, and 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. They learn to understand one another, and together they raid the rubbish dump at the bottom of the pit, improve Stig’s cave dwelling, and enjoy a series of adventures that are sometimes wildly improbably and sometimes extremely practical.

Reviews

01 Feb 2025

Really cool reallyIt reminds me of the Stone Age Times

28 Jan 2025

It's a nice story, but I didn't really get it.

25 Aug 2024

it was a bit confuzzling at the end

24 Aug 2024

I enjoyed reading this book as it was really interesting and I wanted to read more.

13 Aug 2024

It was a good book that made Stig seem like a cave man .

08 Aug 2024

It was good and I liked the part where they went to the party dressed up a cavemen and animals.

20 Jul 2024

He makes friends and has fun

20 Oct 2023

It was a great book and I would recommend it to anyone under 10.

24 Sep 2023

I liked how Stig is a caveman who lived in the dump

01 Sep 2023

This is a lovely story. I really enjoyed it.

31 Jul 2023

I liked the bit about the theives that stole Grannies spoons and how Barney and Stig caught them. And how Stig made clubs and spears and bows and arrows.

30 Jul 2023

I am not happy!!

25 Jul 2023

I thought it was a very lovely book due to our topic that we had witch was stone age but the only reason
I gave it 4 was it got boring and it had not navy pictures.

08 Jul 2023

good

04 Jul 2023

Not for me

05 Sep 2022

I liked Stig, my favourite but is when Barney gets stuck in the bushes and Stig gives him a piece of flint for his new knife

31 Aug 2022

A great timeslip book.

25 Aug 2022

I liked the creativity and the inventions.

My favourite person was Stig because of how protective he is of his friends.

I would recommend this book to all my friends

16 Aug 2022

I really liked this book! The best bit was when the burglar came and Stig helped to push the robber's car into the pit. I also liked the dressing up party when Stig helped Lou (dressed as a leopard) to capture the other leopard that was loose from the zoo.

10 Aug 2022

I like this book because the boy became friends with the caveman and they looked out for each other.

08 Aug 2022

An interesting book my favourite character was Lou the sister of Barney. I would recommend this book because it’s different from other books I have read before.

02 Aug 2022

Read this as a child but didn't remember it and now again as it has been recommended for my Y3 class.
Can't say it really grabbed me - certainly a book of its time as the sister goes fox hunting and some of the boys try to teach Barney to smoke. It has some charm but I didn't like the style and found it quite hard going.
We will see what my class make of it.

21 Jul 2022

An odd book with no real story line, weak characters and a weird message.
Why did no-one else notice and report Stig?
Why does Barney keep forgetting about Stig?
Why was there no mention of a dog until the eighth chapter?
Why can Barney, who is supposed to be 8 years old, not read a simple poster?
Why was everyone so casual about assaults and wild animals?
Not a good message for children, to keep secrets from adults and sneak out of the house to play with strangers.
Definitely not a book I would recommend.

18 Jul 2022

I loved it my favorite part was when Stig tryed to eat a cigarette and thought it was a food

I would recommend it to others

13 Jul 2022

It was a good book I liked when Barney fell into the pit and got tangled by weeds and vines and stig cut through the vines to save Barney and I also liked when Barney went to a party and stig came as his friend and a leopard go loose from the zoo and came and tried to attack the party.

10 Jul 2022

Good waiting for it to be great
An old teapot filled with some kind of oil what is it come on tell me

01 Jul 2022

my favourite character was Barney because he's loves adventures and is allways outside but I also like stig because he is really smart even though he is a cave man and it was really generous of him to give Barney the cave man skin and the leopard skin.

08 Jun 2022

Too great

16 Jan 2022

I loved Stig because he is really clever.I recommend this book because it is really interesting as there is a cave man in the dump pit .Stig is that cave man.
Stig has his own plumbing system.

28 Dec 2021

I love this book 'Stig of the dump' because it's a story that enchants the amazing stone age which happened 4.5 billion years ago. When Barney falls into the chalk pit he finds a caveman and names it stig. Stig's house is the dump where bits and Bobs live. Barney usually goes to stig's dump to visit him. One time Barney makes a chimney out of cans because Stig and Barney made a fire so the smoke can come out. They made a den with the snargets, found a burglar and Lou(Barney"s sister) and Barney went to a stone-age party where stig was there. They even built the Stonehenge. I recommend this book to a friend who loves the stone-age.

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