The book “The Daughter of the Inventor of Fireworks”, published in 2005 (Rosman, Moscow), includes three works for children: the oriental fairy tale “The Daughter of the Inventor of Fireworks”, the Gothic fairy tale “The Clockwork, or Everything is Wound Up” and the comic book fairy tale “ Jack Spring Heels." The book contains many beautiful illustrations by contemporary artists. In the homeland of the writer (F. Pullman), the fairy tales were published separately and in different years; domestic publishers have combined them into a collection, but now we present to your attention one of the fairy tales included in the collection - “The Daughter of the Inventor of Fireworks”. The story of the girl Lila, who wants to continue her father’s work and become just like him, a fireworks master (even against the will of her parent ). On the way to her dream, the girl will have to face river pirates, a fire demon and many other adventures, and her best friend Chulak and the talking white elephant Hamlet will help her in this.