NOVEDADES

It’s Bridget’s birthday, and she thinks it would be fun to spend the day with friends. But Royal has places to go, Rodney has to see a man about a dog, Regis has to wash his hair, and Pearl has a list of items she needs to cross off as quickly as she can. Bridget’s friends are all too busy to hang out! Will Bridget have to spend her birthday all alone?

Have you ever thought of citrus fruits as celestial bodies, angelically suspended in the sky? Perhaps not, but J. C. Volkamer (1644–1720) did―commissioning an extravagant and breathtaking series of large-sized copperplates representing citrons, lemons, and bitter oranges in surreal scenes of majesty and wonder. Ordering plants by post mostly from Italy, Germany, North Africa, and even the Cape of Good Hope, the Nuremberg merchant Volkamer was a devotee of the fragrant and exotic citrus at a time when such fruits were still largely unknown north of the Alps. His garden came to contain a wide variety of specimens, and he became so obsessed with the fruits that he commissioned a team of copperplate engravers to create 256 plates of 170 varieties of citrus fruits, many depicted life size, published in a two-volume work. The first volume appeared in 1708, with the impressively lengthy title The Nuremberg Hesperides, or: A detailed description of the noble fruits of the citron, lemon and bitter orange; how these may be correctly planted, cared for and propagated in that and neighboring regions.

Las alegres aventuras de Robin Hood nos hacen seguir al personaje cuando se convierte en un fuera de la ley tras un conflicto con unos guardabosques y a través de sus muchas aventuras y sus altercados con la ley. Cada capítulo narra un cuento diferente de Robin mientras recluta su banda de Hombres Alegres, se resiste a las autoridades y ayuda a los necesitados. Aparecen todas las historias populares, como la de Little John venciendo a Robin en una lucha con varas, y la de su confabulación con Allan de Dale. Al final, Robin y los hombres de su banda reciben el perdón del rey Ricardo Corazón de León.