In 2018, Piccadilly Press (under licence from BBC Worldwide) published "The Stig Plays a Dangerous Game", the first in a series of children's books featuring The Stig as the silent 'secret weapon' of a group of friends who become 'the Top Gear Gang'. "The Stig Drives Again" was published later the same year and the third in the trilogy, "The Stig and the Silver Ghost", came out in October 2019. The books feature in a joint venture with the School Libraries Association to promote school literacy whereby initial copies of each book, plus support materials, are provided free of charge to requesting schools.