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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
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Fred Rogers, creator, director and actor of Mister Roger's Neighborhood was a truly beloved television figure that was instrumental in shaping millions children's lives.
His premise was simple - look at life as a child would, seek to educate and teach them how to be the best possible person they can be.
And when he first started his show, people definitely gave him a side-eye. It was during the time of Tom & Jerry and other similarly violent children's cartoons.
But Roger's gentle patience and unrelenting persistence eventually won over a nation.
But, what was he like behind the scenes? Was he truly the person he claimed to be on camera? Who was the real Mister Rogers?
After reading this wonderful book...all I have to say is that this man is a gift and his biography is so wholesome it hurts.
I (like many, many others) remember watching PBS as a child and tuning into Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
I still have crystal-clear memories about learning how crayons were made, watching him feed his fish and interact with the Land of Make-Believe.
And it was so dang cool to learn about what Mister Rogers did behind the scenes - that he thought it was important to teach children about common/everyday things, that he always announced when he was feeding his fish because a blind girl wrote to him asking him to tell her so she'd know when the fish were fed and that he put forth so much time and effort into each and every one of his puppets.
This book does a wonderful job of telling us about his life and legacy.
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His premise was simple - look at life as a child would, seek to educate and teach them how to be the best possible person they can be.
And when he first started his show, people definitely gave him a side-eye. It was during the time of Tom & Jerry and other similarly violent children's cartoons.
But Roger's gentle patience and unrelenting persistence eventually won over a nation.
But, what was he like behind the scenes? Was he truly the person he claimed to be on camera? Who was the real Mister Rogers?
After reading this wonderful book...all I have to say is that this man is a gift and his biography is so wholesome it hurts.
I (like many, many others) remember watching PBS as a child and tuning into Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.
I still have crystal-clear memories about learning how crayons were made, watching him feed his fish and interact with the Land of Make-Believe.
And it was so dang cool to learn about what Mister Rogers did behind the scenes - that he thought it was important to teach children about common/everyday things, that he always announced when he was feeding his fish because a blind girl wrote to him asking him to tell her so she'd know when the fish were fed and that he put forth so much time and effort into each and every one of his puppets.
This book does a wonderful job of telling us about his life and legacy.
YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat @miranda_reads
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Mar 06, 2021 09:03AM
I enjoyed that one too.
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My father new Fred Rogers. They were both ordained Presbyterian ministers. Part of Fred's daily routine was to study the scriptures in their original Greek! I've got to get this book.
I read this along with the audiobook. And it's fitting that it is narrated by fellow PBS alumni LaVar Burton. One television legend reading about the life of another legend. It's epic.
Calis wrote: "I read this along with the audiobook. And it's fitting that it is narrated by fellow PBS alumni LaVar Burton. One television legend reading about the life of another legend. It's epic."oh man. I totally forgot to mention that. I loved the narration of the audiobook :D
