Titiritess lives in the kingdom of Daybeforeyesterday. Her mother, Mandolin, dreams of her daughter well married and tries to educate her like a refined courtesan. But her daughter doesn’t share the queen’s aspirations and rejects the conventional life they want to impose on her. Faced with the imminent arrival of a governess, she decides to run from the palace to live fantastic and amusing adventures: to know another princess with sweet lips…

Love without prejudice is celebrated in this story at the same time that, with the necessary sensitivity, the theme is exposed to a young reader contributing towards an affective education.