Captain's mustache

Christopher Columbovich has a wonderful moustache. Since childhood, he dreamed of becoming a ship's captain, but seasickness ruined his plans. Now he is a barber and loves his job. One day he decides to visit his old friend who lives overseas. And then, by an incredible coincidence, his dream comes true: on the ship "Victoria" he makes a dangerous journey through the Brrrmudi square. Together with the brave captain and resourceful passengers, he overcomes all difficulties, and also makes friends with the monkey king, teaches the islanders to bake delicious bread and reveals the secret of the message in the bottle. About the authors: Irina Belousova (born 1991) - graduated from the East Siberian State University of Technology and Management, specializing in "Ecological Engineering", at the beginning of her career she wanted to save the planet from an environmental disaster. Restores the history of her family and considers it extremely important to know that each of us is part of a large family. Irina saw Christopher Kolumbovich, the hero of her first book, at a bus stop and immediately understood everything about him. For now, he lives somewhere nearby and does not know that his story will soon be published. He will be surprised. Yulia Sirotina was born and lives in Moscow, studied at the Russian State University for the Humanities to become a cultural scientist. She draws for charitable foundations, museums and magazines. Finalist of the Shanghai Book Fair The Golden Pinwheel (2024) in the nomination "commercial illustration". LITERARY COMPETITION The Belaya Vorona literary competition has been held since 2020. Every year, we offer authors writing for children a new topic, and then select the best from several hundred submitted manuscripts. We believe that the literary competition will allow aspiring authors whose works meet our ideas about children's literature to find their readers.