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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
Kindness and Wonder was one of the Barrington Area Library's summer book picks and one of the challenge activities, so I picked it up. The first part offers a solid brief overview of Fred Rogers' life and work, from his childhood to his last years, and from the Children's Corner through Mister Roger's Neighborhood. The second part offers ten ways we too can be more like Mister Rogers, though the ten bullet pointed ways are more informative than the contents of it, unless you find it helpful to see those attributes in action through more anecdotes from Fred Roger's life.
If you're looking for a six hour listen, then this is an excellent introductory overview to Fred Roger's life and work, as well as being a nice walk down memory lane for those of us who grew up in his Neighborhood. However, if you are looking for something a bit more in-depth, I highly recommend The Good Neighbor: The Life and Works of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King - LeVar Burton does an excellent reading for the audiobook.
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While there were many great quotes - it is, after all, Mister Rogers! - this was the only one I bookmarked while listening for some reason, so it is not indicative of Fred Roger's whole philosophy. A better one would probably be his "Look for the helpers."
When children ask about scary events, find out what they already know, because their fantasies may be worse than the truth. What children probably need to hear most from us adults is that they can talk with us about anything, and that we will do all we can to keep them safe in a scary time. -3:45:16
If you're looking for a six hour listen, then this is an excellent introductory overview to Fred Roger's life and work, as well as being a nice walk down memory lane for those of us who grew up in his Neighborhood. However, if you are looking for something a bit more in-depth, I highly recommend The Good Neighbor: The Life and Works of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King - LeVar Burton does an excellent reading for the audiobook.
Quote:
While there were many great quotes - it is, after all, Mister Rogers! - this was the only one I bookmarked while listening for some reason, so it is not indicative of Fred Roger's whole philosophy. A better one would probably be his "Look for the helpers."
When children ask about scary events, find out what they already know, because their fantasies may be worse than the truth. What children probably need to hear most from us adults is that they can talk with us about anything, and that we will do all we can to keep them safe in a scary time. -3:45:16
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inspiring
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emotional
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inspiring
reflective
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Overall a truly lovely book and a needed one. Some of the side stories and tangents felt like they maybe should have been edited down or out (looking at you Andy Warhol story...) but overall it made me want to let my kids watch as many Mister Rogers or even Daniel Tiger episodes as they’d like
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relaxing
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It was everything I hoped it would be. A balm for the soul.
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3.5 rounded up. It was an interesting read.
Part I (a little over the first half) was a history of Fred Rogers and how the show Mr. Rogers came to be. I found it a bit slow at the start and wasn't sure if the writing was going to grab me, but then I got really interested in the history, especially the early days on how it got started. Part II was very weirdly written as "ten ways to live more like Mr. Rogers" and I didn't think the titles of these segments really made sense for what the content was. it was a collection of anecdotes that only very vaguely had anything to do with "the way" they were describing. That said, the anecdotes were (for the most part) very interesting to read so I still liked it even if the structure didn't make sense to me.
The only other thing I objected to was the title... there was absolutely nothing about why Mr. Rogers matters more now than ever. Which is fine, because I wasn't really interested an a long-winded psychoanalytical interpretation of everything to do with Fred Rogers. I really was just more interested in the anecdotes and how he talked to people.
Overall... good read. It won't change my life or anything, but it was certainly interesting.
Part I (a little over the first half) was a history of Fred Rogers and how the show Mr. Rogers came to be. I found it a bit slow at the start and wasn't sure if the writing was going to grab me, but then I got really interested in the history, especially the early days on how it got started. Part II was very weirdly written as "ten ways to live more like Mr. Rogers" and I didn't think the titles of these segments really made sense for what the content was. it was a collection of anecdotes that only very vaguely had anything to do with "the way" they were describing. That said, the anecdotes were (for the most part) very interesting to read so I still liked it even if the structure didn't make sense to me.
The only other thing I objected to was the title... there was absolutely nothing about why Mr. Rogers matters more now than ever. Which is fine, because I wasn't really interested an a long-winded psychoanalytical interpretation of everything to do with Fred Rogers. I really was just more interested in the anecdotes and how he talked to people.
Overall... good read. It won't change my life or anything, but it was certainly interesting.
I love Mr. Roger's and I absolutely loved the documentary made about him. I however, had a hard time feeling the same for this book. I actually did not finish it. It had some lovely moments, but it was not the book for me. It felt a little drab for me and I'm not sure why.
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