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The New York Times bestseller: “A superb, thoughtful biography” of the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (David McCullough).

Fred Rogers was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. Through his long-running television program, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions about the world seriously.

The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers’s personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work.

King explores Rogers’s surprising decision to walk away from his show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development. An engaging story, rich in detail, The Good Neighbor is the definitive portrait of a beloved figure, cherished by multiple generations.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07BF6BVWK
Publisher ‏ : ‎ ABRAMS Press (September 4, 2018)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 4, 2018
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 7328 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 434 pages

Customers say

Customers find the biography great and complex, with good content about Fred Rogers’ life. They also describe the reading experience as worthy and inspirational, touching at the deepest levels. Readers describe the character as amazing and stellar. Opinions are mixed on the writing quality, with some finding it well-written and compassionate, while others find it repetitive and poor. Reader opinions are mixed also on the entertainment value, with others finding it fun to do as a book club and others finding the book extremely boring.

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