Everybody had told Barney not to play to near the edge of the chalk pit. But today was one of those grey days when there was nothing to do and nowhere to go. Except to the chalk pit. The dump.
Clive King (Author)
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 was educated at
King's School, Rochester; Downing College, Cambridge and the School
of Oriental and African Studies, London. 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. Clive King attempted to learn fourteen
languages including Tamil, Bengali, Gaelic and Anglo-Saxon. He said
he was not incredibly successful with any of them, but many of his
books deal with language difficulties of one sort or another.
Edward Ardizzone (Illustrator)
Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979) illustrated over 200 books and was
awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal for Tim All Alone. He was awarded
the CBE in 1971.
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