"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. The Good Neighbor is the definitive portrait of a beloved figure. It includes his surprising decision to walk away from the show in 1976 to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood to help children face complex issues such as divorce, discipline, mistakes, anger, and competition. The book covers how Fred Rogers drew on childhood experiences, spirituality, and scientific research to create his unique style of television programming for children. The Good Neighbor is the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers.īased on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, The Good Neighbor traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work. The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness, fiercely devoted to children and taking their questions about the world seriously. An engaging story, rich in detail, The Good Neighbor is the definitive portrait of a beloved figure, cherished by multiple generations.The definitive biography of Fred Rogers, children's television pioneer and American cultural icon, an instant New York Times Bestsellerįred Rogers (1928-2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers’s personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including a surprising decision to walk away from the show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development.
The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon.
Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions about the world seriously. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children.
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