Besides the Sandman series, Heiki Vilep has written dozens of children's books: picture books, story series and adventure novels. Thirteen of his books have been published in Finnish, seven are already in English, and several in Russian.
The Monsters of the Closet Door – 3 books. Jan never tidies up his toys, until the closet door monsters attack and only his brave toys can stop them. Big pictures, short text for early readers. The story has also been staged as a children's musical (2017).
The Monsters of the Closet Door
In English
The Closet Door Monsters Are Back
The Closet Door Monsters on Planet X
Lucy – 4 books, 14 stories. Five-year-old Lucy, her little sister, big brother, grandparents and Joosep the cat, who farts under the table. Everyday family life, told with a wink. Available as four books or as one collection.
Lucy
In English
Lucy in a Sand Hole
In English
Lucy Invents a Candle Blower
In English
Lucy and Madhouse Canteen
In English
Nüffia – 3 books. Playful fairy tales about the big things, love, laughter and wonder, for children and the adults who read with them. Illustrated by Urmas Nemvalts.
Laughter Saves the World
Too Many Stars
Keeping the Fire Alive
Stand-alone books for reading aloud.
William
A small boy wanders through his fantasy worlds, asking what happens if he never brushes his teeth or never reads a book
In English
The Sounds of Silence
Mihkel goes into the forest to listen to the sounds of silence.
In English
The Pink Princess
Krista can't fall asleep, and the night outside her window turns into a story.
The Enchanted Town
Five fairy tales, ordered from the youngest listeners to the oldest.
The Flying Apple Tree
Five children's stories, each with its own grain of wisdom.
New illustrations welcome
Jan in the Land of Shadows
Something tiny is pacing up and down the corridor at night, and Jan goes to find out what.
Grumbleroot, Sulkpot and Sneak
Three little rascals that can creep inside a child, and how to get rid of them.
The Dream Guardians
A fairy tale about where good and evil come from, and who protects children's dreams.
Rupert's Story Nest: Green Tales
Two old house spirits debate electric molecules, wind farms and gas-free cows, with six-year-old Kusti listening in.
A Little Christmas Book
Christmas runs away from whining children, and Santa is jailed for having no documents. Stories and poems.
Across the Bottomless Abyss
A family steps into a dream tent at a fair and is trapped in the Land of Dreams, with a jungle, a bottomless abyss and a giant waterfall between them and home.
New illustrations welcome
Horlok and the Key to the Primal Gate
An alien boy and an Earth boy hunt for five crystals that can lock an insect army out of the galaxy.
50 Stories and Poems for Little Friends
25 stories and 25 poems from 2001–2010.
60 Stories
The author's best children's prose, 60 stories from 14 books, revised. Ages 4–12.