Bigfoot and Littlefoot is a Children's Book Series by Ellen Potter and Felicita Sala.
Deep In the North Woods in Whiddershins Cavern lives Hugo, a kid Sasquatch with dreams of getting out and exploring the world. In a human neighbourhood some distance away lives Boone, a kid with a dream of seeing a living, breathing Sasquatch. First communicating by notes from Hugo's boat, the two soon formed the unlikeliest friendship the world had ever seen. Now the two go on many adventures in the Big Wide World together.
The series was published on April 10th, 2018. There are five books in the series.
- Bigfoot and Littlefoot (2018)
- The Monster Detector (2018)
- The Squatchicorns (2019)
- The Big Beast (2020)
- The Gremlin's Shoes (2021)
Bigfoot and Littlefoot contains examples of:
- Beneath the Earth: Boone's Sasquatch community is located in Whiddershins Cavern. It's a giant cave system where the Sasquatches all set up shops and businesses in various nooks.
- Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti: Hugo, his family, and his community are all Sasquatches.
- Birthday Episode: "The Squatchicorns" is set during Boone's birthday.
- Cassandra Truth: In the first book, when Boone tells Hugo about seeing a live Sasquatch in the woods, Hugo excitedly replies that he was the Sasquatch. Boone, however, immediately thinks Hugo's playing a joke on him and lets him know he won't be communicating with him anymore.
- Fictional Currency: Nubbins, which are coins Sasquatches use as money.
- Interspecies Friendship: Hugo, a sasquatch, befriends Boone, a human.
- "The Monster Detector" reveals this also applied to Hugo's grandpa and Boone's grandmother.
- Lilliputians: The Tommyknocker in "The Squatchicorns" is shown as a tiny human being with a white beard.
- Make a Wish: Near the beginning of the first book, Boone picks up a dandelion and blows the seeds off it, which he states in a note later in the book to be because he was wishing to see a Sasquatch. Soon after blowing the dandelion, he saw Hugo.
- Meaningful Name: As it turns out in "The Big Beast", Ripple Worm River gets its name from it being inhabited by Ripple Worms, or as we know them, Ogopogos.
- Pen Pals: Boone's and Hugo's relationship starts out like this in the first book.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Arctic Floofs, which are introduced in The Monster Detector. They look like fluffy balls of cotton with long ears, thin tales, and the face of a rodent.
- Stock Ness Monster: In the first book, Hugo and Boone decide to go out on the river to search for the Ogopogo
. They eventually see it. - Wham Line:Boone lets this out when The Green Whistler is seen with Hugo's grandfather.
Boone: What are you doing here, Grandma?
- Worthless Treasure Twist: In "The Gremlin's Shoes", while making a delivery to another cavern, Hugo and Boone get caught up in one Sasquatch's treasure hunt. The treasure is a bunch of old toys the Sasquatch and his old friend used to play with.
