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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
I found this book to be well worth reading.
Yes, there is repetition in many of the details, but I was thankful for them. With so many people sharing anecdotes about our favorite Neighbor, it would have been difficult to keep track.
I really enjoyed rrading about all the storylines that he conceived and how he and his team made them happen. I have great appreciation for how he evolved with the times over 30+ years but still stayed true to his vision.
Don't get me wrong. There were some dull parts, but that happens in many books.
In any case, this is my last review for goodreads. I'm transitioning over to a similar platform that isn't connected to or data-feeding amazon.
Yes, there is repetition in many of the details, but I was thankful for them. With so many people sharing anecdotes about our favorite Neighbor, it would have been difficult to keep track.
I really enjoyed rrading about all the storylines that he conceived and how he and his team made them happen. I have great appreciation for how he evolved with the times over 30+ years but still stayed true to his vision.
Don't get me wrong. There were some dull parts, but that happens in many books.
In any case, this is my last review for goodreads. I'm transitioning over to a similar platform that isn't connected to or data-feeding amazon.
A beautiful tribute to Mister Rogers. Beginning with his early formative days growing up in Pennsylvania to his college days studying music to his early days in television and his studying child development to the years of producing Mister Roger's Neighborhood we get a better glimpse of our favorite gentle, singing, cardigan-clad neighbor and the beliefs that drove his work to make us all feel loved and important.
Always knew he was as he portrayed himself on television, but did not realize a few things about him: 1) He was a control freak (read between the lines of how much he did for the show and how people interacted with him at work.)
2) He came from a very rich family.
I read the book for my book club, but it was already on my shelf to read, anyway. A very interesting man. He and Jim Henson should have used doctors to their advantage and they would have lived longer lives.
2) He came from a very rich family.
I read the book for my book club, but it was already on my shelf to read, anyway. A very interesting man. He and Jim Henson should have used doctors to their advantage and they would have lived longer lives.
This meticulously written biography chronicles Mr. Rogers’s life and career as a pioneering children’s entertainer and educator. He was honest with children in a way they could understand without making them feel small. I sincerely wish I had watched him more as a child.
LeVar Burton was the perfect narrator choice, however, due to the book’s pacing, I had to speed up the audio to 1.75x.
LeVar Burton was the perfect narrator choice, however, due to the book’s pacing, I had to speed up the audio to 1.75x.
A decent biography, but it got a bit tedious. I know I watched Mr. Rogers as a kid, but I clearly don’t remember enough of the show to get really excited about this book.
hopeful
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
I enjoyed this book when I read it a month or two ago, but since then I have been surprised by how many times I've brought it up in conversation to recommend it!
I was a Mister Rogers fan as a kid, so I found this biography really interesting. I went in knowing almost nothing about Fred Rogers or the history of the show, and I came out with a lot of interesting trivia, like that Michael Keaton worked there as a stagehand and played practice jokes on Fred Rogers.
I love that he (and the expert he consulted with) said that what's mentionable is manageable. I left the book wanting to watch the movie, read the Esquire profile mentioned, watch the testimony in front of Congress, and read the transcript from the Supreme Court where he testified in a case that was essentially about the right to record shows on a VCR (he was pro!).
I love that he (and the expert he consulted with) said that what's mentionable is manageable. I left the book wanting to watch the movie, read the Esquire profile mentioned, watch the testimony in front of Congress, and read the transcript from the Supreme Court where he testified in a case that was essentially about the right to record shows on a VCR (he was pro!).
I enjoyed learning more about Mr. Rogers, but the author made it tough. The reader does not need to read about the same thing three or four times in one chapter, just stated differently. Also, I really don't think it's necessary for most of the back story, like the history of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, the town in which Rogers grew up. This book could have easily been 100 pages less with a good editor.
This is the second book about Fred Rogers that I've read, and again I'm disappointed. For such a good man, he needs better biographers.
This is the second book about Fred Rogers that I've read, and again I'm disappointed. For such a good man, he needs better biographers.