CHOPPER TEAM T-RX SERIES
by Roope Lipasti & Emiel Inkeri Nikula
An exciting picture book series about a brave and unfailing rescue team and the world’s best dinochopper T-RX!
The books are filled with humour, speed and daring rescues!
Perfect for the adventure-loving followers of Paw Patrol, Fireman Sam and Octonauts!
Written by the witty and acclaimed Roope Lipasti and vibrantly illustrated by Emiel Nikula, this series promises non-stop excitement for readers aged 3 and up! From mountain rescues and city chaos, to desert dilemmas and rainforest emergencies, the fearless Chopper Team T-RX faces each challenge head-on. Whether it's saving a stranded goat, combating a flood, dealing with a power outage, or navigating a sandstorm, this team is ready for action!
#1 Mountain Rescue
Kopterijengi 1: Vaara vuorilla, WSOY 2023, 32 pp, 215x280mm, 3+
Chopper Team T-RX is an animal hospital’s brave rescue team that is always ready to go on daring missions to help those in trouble! Readers join Foxtrot the chopper pilot, Hugo the vet, and Max the mechanic, and Hoot, the rescue team’s trusty call centre operator, as they spring into action when they are needed. The team’s helicopter T-RX, a masterful blend of tyrannosaurus rex and a flying Tesla, is amazing, but it also has an unfortunate tendency to break down at the most critical moment, adding extra excitement to every rescue.In the first book the brave rescue team must reach the dangerous mountains, where a mother goat and her kid are in big trouble.
#2 Flood Rescue
Kopterijengi 2: Aaltojen armoilla, WSOY 2023, 32 pp, 215x280mm, 3+
Daring rescue mission awaits the Chopper Team when their hometown is flooded. Who could possibly stop the water from flowing through the town, and help the injured? The infallible rescue team, of course! Or has the team bitten off more than they can chew this time? Fortunately, the smallest in the team can be of the most help just when needed!
#3 City Rescue
Kopterijengi 3: Kaaos kaupungissa, WSOY 2023, 32 pp, 215x280mm, 3+
When the town’s power station is not working as it should, the Chopper Team is called to investigate. They find a squirrel’s nest in the depths of the station, and proceed to move the squirrel family to a better place when a disaster strikes! The Chopper Team accidentally short-circuits the whole power station and plunges the whole town into darkness! Chaos ensues; ice-cream van’s freezers stop working, and traffic lights are out of action. The Chopper Team must operate in the dark and it won’t be easy!
#4 Desert Rescue
Kopterijengi 4: Apujoukot aavikolla, WSOY 2024, 32 pp, 215x280mm, 3+
The Chopper Team is on a summer holiday. But when an emergency call comes in they abandon their ice-creams and jump into action. A little desert fox is lost, and in need of their help – but a sudden sandstorm complicates the already challenging rescue mission in the desert. To make matters worse, their dinochopper T-RX runs out of fuel, leaving them in a serious predicament. Who will rescue the rescuers?
#4 Rainforest Rescue
Kopterijengi 5: Syöksy sademetsään, WSOY 2024, 32 pp, 215x280mm, 3+
The Chopper Team’s pilot, Foxtrot, has a cousin who flies a large jumbo jet for a living but has been forced to make an emergency landing in a dense rainforest, while carrying toxic chemicals. Immediate assistance is needed to prevent all threat to the delicate ecosystem! Fortunately, a nimble helicopter like T-RX can navigate through the thick vegetation. But is the task in the snake-infested depths of the rainforest too much even for the bravest of the rescue teams?
RIGHTS SOLD: Finland WSOY (orig.)
Materials available: Finnish editions, English translation set in layout (book 1),
Roope Lipasti & Emiel Inkeri Nikula
Written by the witty and award-winning author Roope Lipasti and
vibrantly illustrated by Emiel Nikula, whose background is in gaming world.
Author portrait © Veikko Somerpuro