Donna Cangelosi

I will say try to find and watch episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood but I was pleasantly surprised by this book. This is a good picture book biography about him. I learned quite a bit about Fred Rogers, especially things about his childhood and also one thing about his college years. I think readers/listeners are most likely to enjoy this book if they’ve seen Fred Rogers on tv, talking and singing to and with the audience. I appreciated the detailed note in the back. The illustrations are lovely and evocative and with many details that are fun to view. I found the book touching and almost teared up a bit. I admire Rogers and I’m glad that there are books about him available for today’s children. Recommended for his other fans and also for bibliotherapy, music therapy and art therapy, and for young musicians too. For readers/listeners who don’t know the songs mentioned, playing them as an accompaniment to the book would enhance the reading experience. I was singing to myself as I read. I was “too old” for his show but all my high school jobs were babysitting jobs, including one summer working very full time, and although I didn’t watch hardly any tv with the children I was caring for we did watch some and so I did see some episodes of the show as it aired.… (más)