★ A reading that will pull your strings.

The secret of the success of puppetry lies in the fact that one can see the same performance over and over again and always feel the same excitement as the first time. The crocodile, the ghost, the policeman, the devil, the death..., whatever the opponent Don Cristobal faces, we know with certainty that it will succumb to the devilish rhythm of his slapstick, bringing the audience to ecstasy. But to achieve this effect, before the quarrelsome Don Cristobal appears on the stage, the puppeteer must know the character well, devise how to construct it, master its manipulation and carefully elaborate its “routines”.

Taking as a starting point the importance of play, imagination, creativity, experimentation and pleasure, this book is a proposal for children to make and play their own puppets. It is not a manual, there are no directions. On the contrary, the chapters follow a process very similar to the one puppeteer Rodorín undertakes when he prepares a new show.

Tradition and avant-garde go hand in hand in this proposal to read, but above all, to create and have fun.