Ediciones Vigía (cover designer and illustrator: Arneldy Cejas, editor: Agustina Ponce, author: René Fernández Santana), "Jueguipayasos," June 2004. Hand-illuminated die-cut artist's book, mixed recycled papers.

Arneldy Cejas's exuberant cover design for "Jueguipayasos" transforms the book itself into a theatrical performance space. The cover is die-cut into the shape of a circus tent or puppet theater stage, featuring a purple scalloped awning with the title "JUEGUIPAYASOS" in bold white letters outlined in black. Below the awning, yellow and lime-green semi-circular bunting decorates the proscenium, while green curtains frame the sides. At center stage, five cheerful clown or puppet figures—rendered in simple black line drawings with rosy cheeks—cluster together in a circular spotlight, their bodies forming a pyramid of joy. The composition bears the banner "RENE FERNANDEZ" at the bottom. Two red yarn tassels dangle from the sides like theater ropes, adding dimensional texture. The entire construction is mounted on kraft cardboard, with the shaped cover creating a three-dimensional object that children can hold and manipulate like a toy theater.

René Fernández Santana (born Matanzas, 1944) is an artistic director, choreographer, and dramaturg—one of Cuba's most prominent dramatic authors for professional puppet theater companies and children's theater groups. He has been instrumental in the significant contributions that the PAPALOTE theater group has made to Cuban puppet theater tradition, and is considered one of the outstanding personalities of the Cuban Children's Theater Movement. "Jueguipayasos" (a playful neologism combining "juego" (game/play) and "payasos" (clowns)) presents his poems and theatrical sketches designed to distinguish clowns from manufactured dolls and illuminate manufactured dolls from clowns.

Published by Ediciones Vigía in June 2004 as part of the "Colección del San Juan," this edition of 200 copies was hand-manufactured and illuminated by the collective team: Estela Ación, Ibis Arias, Tosmey Barbier, Ana María Coto, Álida Fernández, Lissette Martínez, Gladys Mederos, José R. Guevara, Leticia Fernández, Maricel Ruiz, Laura Ruiz, and Abilia Tellería. The book's interior pages alternate between pink, white, and other colored papers, each framed with decorative borders of patterned triangles. Cejas's design philosophy—celebrating textiles, recycled and industrial papers of diverse colors and textures—perfectly suits this children's theater book that blurs boundaries between book, toy, and performance object, inviting young readers to engage with theater as a living, playful art form.