Already familiar to us from the previous books in the “Adventures of a Family from Cherbourg” series - “Omelet with Sugar” and “Flying Cheese” - the Jean brothers and their parents moved to Toulon. Dad, of course, is a jack of all trades, and mom always has everything under control, but it looks like the year ahead will be difficult. Of course, after all, Jean A., instead of preparing for the test, secretly gathered for a party, Jean B. is generally afraid to go to a new school, and together with Jean V. they declare war on the mysterious Castors... The author of this book, Frenchman Jean-Philippe Arroux-Vigneault, is alone from the same six Zhan brothers that will be discussed. And even more precisely - Jean B., the second oldest. Since childhood, Arrou-Vigneault loved to read. In 198.4 he published his first “adult” novel, for which he received the “Best Debut” award, and a few years later he published his second book, a children’s book. Today Arrou-Vigneault, the author of about thirty books, heads the children's literature department at the largest independent French publishing house, Gallimard. He created his series “The Adventures of the Family from Cherbourg,” so beloved by children and parents in France, together with the famous illustrator Dominique Corbason, whose works can be seen on the pages of magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Madame Figaro and Vanity Fair. In spirit, “The Adventures of the Family from Cherbourg” are reminiscent of the famous “Little Nicolas” by Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sampe: the heroes of “The Family” are the same cheerful, restless boys who strive to do something. Goldfish Soup (2007) is the third book in the series.