This story is about the sea. Mysterious sea creatures and ferocious pirates. About the Black House, where, as the rumors say, a monster lives. About a lighthouse—a tall gray tower standing on a small peninsula. About a dreamer named Emilia, nicknamed Lampёshka, the daughter of the lighthouse keeper, who climbs the steep spiral staircase every day to light the fire. About one unfortunate evening when everything begins—the sea is raging with a storm, and at Lampёshka, of all times, the matches run out…
A romantic, fairy-tale, sometimes frightening, but very kind story became the writing debut of the well-known Dutch artist Annette Schaap. It won the hearts of readers and critics, and in 2018 it received the highest award in the Netherlands in the field of children’s literature—the Golden Griffel prize. The book was narrated by actress from the theater “Petr Fomenko Workshop” Roza Shmukler.