Ricky Rapper is a main character in a series of children's fantasy book

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 writers Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola. Ricky Rapper is a ten-year-old boy who likes to play drums. He lives in an apartment building with his aunt Serena Rapper.

Fourteen books are released in the series starting from 1997. In 2008 Sinikka and Tiina Nopola scripted the musical movie Ricky Rapper

Ricky Rapper (film)

Ricky Rapper is a 2008 Finnish musical film. The film is based on two volumes of Sinikka Nopola's and Tiina Nopola's children's fantasy book series Ricky Rapper. The book volumes were originally released as Risto Räppääjä ja pakastaja-Elvi of 2000 and Risto Räppääjä ja Nuudelipää of 2001. Ricky...

. It was one of the most successful title in the Finnish box-office of 2008. In 2010, the following movie Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief

Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief

Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief is a 2009 Finnish musical film. The film is based on children's fantasy book series Ricky Rapper of Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola. However, the film is not based on any book volume. The children's musical comedy Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief continues...

 was the sixth most successful title in the Finnish box-office in its first weekend all-time, and the most successful Finnish family movie all-time.

Book series

• Hetki lyö, Risto Räppääjä, 1997
• Risto Räppääjä ja kauhea makkara, 1998
• Risto Räppääjä ja Nuudelipää, 2000
• Ricky Rapper and Frieda the Freezer , 2001
• Risto Räppääjä ja komea Kullervo, 2002
• Risto Räppääjä ja sitkeä finni, 2003
• Risto Räppääja ja Hilpuri Tilli, 2004
• Risto Räppääjä ja villi kone, 2006
• Risto Räppääjä ja viimeinen tötterö, 2007
• Risto Räppääjän kaverikirja, 2008
• Risto Räppääjä – Erittäin salainen, top secret, 2008
• Risto Räppääjän elokuvakirja, 2008
• Risto Räppääjä ja kuuluisa Kamilla, 2009
• Risto Räppääjän muistikirja, 2010

Television series and movies

• Ricky Rapper, 2000 (TV mini-series)
• Ricky Rapper
  Ricky Rapper (film)
  Ricky Rapper is a 2008 Finnish musical film. The film is based on two volumes of Sinikka Nopola's and Tiina Nopola's children's fantasy book series Ricky Rapper. The book volumes were originally released as Risto Räppääjä ja pakastaja-Elvi of 2000 and Risto Räppääjä ja Nuudelipää of 2001. Ricky...
  
  , 2008 (Film)
• Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief
  Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief
  Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief is a 2009 Finnish musical film. The film is based on children's fantasy book series Ricky Rapper of Sinikka Nopola and Tiina Nopola. However, the film is not based on any book volume. The children's musical comedy Ricky Rapper and the Bicycle Thief continues...
  
  , 2010 (Film)