The Minimus books are a series of school textbooks, written by Barbara Bell, illustrate by Dr. Helen Forte, and published by the Cambridge University Press, designed to help children of primary school age to learn Latin. The books are named after the mouse Minimus (Latin: Small) who is known as "The mouse that made Latin cool". There are two books in the series: Minimus: Starting out in Latin and Minimus Secundus. While the first book is aimed at 7-10 year olds, the second continues the series for children up to 13 years old.