Arthur has read all about the tribe in his grandfather's notebooks, but he can hardly believe they are less than an inch tall.

Until one day he discovers a secret message and a map to the land of the Minimoys, hidden by his vanished grandfather, which sets him off on a wild adventure.

Arthur has three days to discover the Minimoys, recover stolen treasure, fight a force of mosquito-riding warriors, defeat an evil wizard and return to save the family home.

All the more difficult if you have been shrunk to the size of a Minimoy...This is the first exciting part of the Minimoys adventure, by the acclaimed writer and film-maker Luc Besson.

This and the second are being made into a film, released in 2006.