The Lighthouse of Souls. Ariel Andrés Almada

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      The Lighthouse of Souls

      Text © Ariel Andrés Almada

      Illustrations © Zuzanna Celej

      This edition © 2014 Cuento de Luz SL

       Calle Claveles 10 | Urb Monteclaro | Pozuelo de Alarcón | 28223 | Madrid | Spain

      www.cuentodeluz.comOriginal title in Spanish: El faro de las almasEnglish translation by Jon Brokenbrow

      ISBN: 978-84-16147-31-1

      All rights reserved

      To my father, for being the light in my darkness.

      - Zuzanna Celej -

      To Nacho and Mariela, my brother and sister, and my cousins Martín, Pato, Silvina and Sol.

      - Ariel Andrés Almada -

      On their birthday, most children receive gifts like storybooks, rag dolls, colored pencils, and maybe, if they’ve been very good, a bike. But on Leo’s ninth birthday, his grandpa gave him nothing less than an old, weather beaten lighthouse.

      “What’s a lighthouse for?” asked Leo, as they climbed up the path along the cliffs on the seashore.