The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
The Simple Faith of Mister Rogers: Spiritual Insights from the World's Most Beloved Neighbor
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In 1954, Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Hersey investigated a lag measure that parents around the country were increasingly worried about. “Parents,” Hersey writes, “[are] in dismay that their children can not read.” For 2 years, Hersey read children’s books, met with experts, and attended schools to observe how reading was taught. “It became o... See more
Fred Rogers never forgot how powerless and disoriented he felt when he was young, and he made it his life’s work to help any children who were also on that hard road—which is to say, all of them.