Soup of Goldfish: Adventures of the Family from Cherbourg

Annotation to the book "Soup of Goldfish. Adventures of the Family from Cherbourg" by Arru-Vignau J.-F.: Already familiar to us from previous books in the series "Adventures of the Family from Cherbourg" — "Omelette with Sugar" and "Flying Cheese" — the brothers Jean and their parents have moved to Toulon. Dad, of course, is a master of all trades, and mom always has everything under control, but it seems that the year is going to be difficult. Of course, Jean A. secretly planned to go to a party instead of preparing for the exam, Jean B. is generally afraid to go to the new school, and together with Jean V. they declare war on the mysterious Castors… The author of this book is the Frenchman Jean-Philippe Arru-Vignau — one of the six brothers Jean, who will be discussed. More precisely — Jean B., the second oldest. Since childhood, Arru-Vignau loved to read. In 1984, he published his first "adult" novel, for which he received the "Best Debut" award, and a few years later released his second book — a children's one. Today, Arru-Vignau, the author of about thirty books, heads the children's literature department at the largest independent French publishing house "Gallimard". He created his series "Adventures of the Family from Cherbourg," so beloved by children and parents in France, in collaboration with the famous illustrator Dominique Corbasson, whose works can be seen in magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Madame Figaro, and Vanity Fair. In spirit, "Adventures of the Family from Cherbourg" resembles the famous "Little Nicholas" by René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé: the characters of the "Family" are the same lively, restless boys who are always up to mischief. "Soup of Goldfish" (2007) — the third book in this series. Read on…