![]() ![]() ![]() The production quality is splendid-the whole book is intentionally designed with familiar colors and a scrapbook feel. If you want more information than the documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor? gave, and more stories about Fred Rogers as a person than the one depicted in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood is here to delight you. My mother is a kindergarten teacher, and I can see now why she loved the show as much as we did-Rogers operated on theories of child development and focused on character formation and children's interior lives rather than simple entertainment. Like so many other American children, I grew up watching Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Would you like to know what Fred Rogers would think of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood? (He thought animation would be a great medium for his work, but nothing got off the ground during his lifetime.) Did you ever wonder where his cardigans came from? (His mother knit the first ones, and later ones were garments produced for the Canadian postal service and dyed to match the originals.) What did Pittsburgh think of their great star? (They love him, of course.) A glorious read, chock full of pictures and facts and "neighborly chats" with those affiliated with the show. ![]()
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