A review by erine
You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood by Aimee Reid

5.0

I have been waiting for a long time for a picture book biography of Fred Rogers. This isn't quite it, but it's almost more than just a biography. The text and illustrations radiate gentle friendship and manage to capture the spirit of Rogers while offering up a narrative of a young boy who struggled with big feelings and who grew up to be a helper and a hero in his own right. Not everyone ends up able to see themselves as a hero or positive force, but although Rogers was shy he managed a quiet kind of confidence that too often is overlooked in favor of brash, over-exaggerated self-aggrandizement.

Just lovely.