About the book: 2019 / Annette Schap is a well-known illustrator in Holland (she has designed more than 70 children's books). "Lamp" (2017) is her writing debut, which stunned everyone : and children's readers, and critics, and teachers. In the world invented by Annette Schap, lives the dreamer Emilia, nicknamed Lamp. That's what her dad, the lighthouse keeper, called her. To keep the lighthouse burning every day, Lampshka climbs the spiral staircase to the very top of the high tower. On the day when there is a storm at sea and there is not a single match in the lighthouse, this story begins in which pirates, mysterious sea creatures will appear and the mystery of the Black House, in which they say a monster lives, will be revealed. A romantic, fairy-tale, sometimes scary, but very kind story. In 2018, the book was awarded the highest award in the Netherlands in the field of children's literature - the Golden Pen Award».