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.
- ISBN10 0140364501
- ISBN13 9780140364507
- Publish Date 28 October 1993 (first published 25 January 1973)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 25 February 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Puffin Classics
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English