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Roope Lipasti’s new series Stone Age Heroes delivers fast-paced adventure and humour in the Stone Age. Through nail-biting situations and gripping twists of plot, history is brought vividly to life.
In the fast-paced Stone Age Heroes series Lipasti combines his strengths as he has previously written several humorous children’s book series, as well as award-winning historical children’s novels.
Finnish edition (book 1)
Kivikauden sankarit – Mammuttitulva, WSOY 2025, 172pp, 8+
Kivi longs to join the mammoth hunt, but the chief won’t let him. Undeterred, the brave Kivi sets off on his own—only to find himself in grave trouble in the middle of a mammoth herd. Luckily, his quick-thinking sister Unaja always keeps an eye on her brother.
Suddenly the ground trembles, and the river by the village runs dry. The chief blames the disaster on the children who disturbed the mammoths. Without water, there can be no life. Kivi and Unaja set out on a dangerous journey to find a new home for the village. But what should they do about the baby mammoth that follows them wherever they go?
Kivikauden sankarit – Suuri ryöstöretki, WSOY 2026, 168pp, 8+
While chasing their pet mammoth, Kivi and Unaja stumble upon the camp of an unfamiliar clan. They get to know a boy who speaks in an odd language and get some peculiar yellow rocks that they take with them. The chief of their village is all too excited about the shiny rocks and decides to go on a raid with his men. However, the other camp has similar plans.
The children must once again team up to bring peace back to their lands.