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Coming Up Next:
Robert T. Anderson
Robert T. Anderson is a writer, poet, and editor living in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. His cookbooks have given him the opportunity to bring together two lifelong enthusiasms: good, home-cooked food and classical literature. The Literary Cookbooks series started in 2020 with Recipes from the World of Tolkien. In this interview, Robert will talk to us about The Brothers Grimm Cookbook, which has recipes inspired by fairy tales.
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When: April 01, 1:30 pm EST/EDT.
Join us over Zoom: https://msu.zoom.us/j/91514110462
Healing Narratives Project
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Telling fairy tales to a sick child not only prompts the child to tell their story that is highly valuable for healthcare professionals, but it also reduces pain and stress and increases oxytocin levels. These are the results of a research study involving children in critical care units.
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The BGSNA is on a storytelling mission. We are raising funds to purchase 200 books of The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition edited by Jack Zipes, published by Princeton University Press, 2014, to donate to 200 Pediatric Hospitals, members of the Children’s Hospital Association. Princeton University Press has partnered with the BGSNA for the project and offered us a generous discount to purchase the books.
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Learn more about the book here: The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: The Complete First Edition
The BGSNA kindly ask you to donate a book ($20, incl. packaging and postage) in honor or memory of a child or a friend or an animal, by October 31.
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​You can donate here on our website, on GoFundMe, write us a check, or simply make a deposit to the BGSNA bank account with Wells Fargo (#9994923705).
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Thank you very much for your storytelling and healing impact! Contact us if you have any questions!
Our Mission
The BGSNA is a literary, nonprofit (501)(c)(3) public benefit corporation. It was organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for public purposes in the state of Florida on October 2, 2021. The purposes of the corporation are to encourage and promote the study and research of all aspects of the legacy and the spirit of the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, their works, their lives, their period, and the historic and contemporary dissemination of the Grimms' fairy tales as well as their other texts.
Latest News
“The Brothers Grimm: More than Fairy Tales”
by Gabriele Rose (2022)
Prof. Jack Zipes says about the film:
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“It is excellent! … Anyone who might want to teach a course about fairy tales should begin with this film, for it raises many questions and clarifies who the Grimms were and how important they are.”
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”