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You Are Special: Neighborly Words of Wisdom from Mister Rogers

by Fred Rogers

Fred Rogers on childhood, connection, and everyday care

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Fred Rogers on childhood, connection, and everyday care

Organized around relationships, childhood, communication, parenthood, and related concerns, this collection brings together Fred Rogers’s sayings alongside memories from his own early life. The book’s scope is reflective rather than biographical: its short pieces return to the everyday work of understanding oneself and other people, with attention to family bonds, feelings, and conversation. Rogers’s public role as the host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood provides the context, while the material here is directed toward adult reflection on the values that shaped that work.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adults interested in Fred Rogers’s reflections beyond the television program
  • Parents seeking encouragement around communication and family relationships
  • Readers who enjoy themed collections of inspirational sayings and personal memories

Themes

ChildhoodParentingCommunicationRelationshipsSelf-understanding

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Book overview

The beloved host of PBS's Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, subject of the acclaimed documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?and the forthcoming biopic A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhoodstarring Tom Hanks, offers warm words of advice and encouragement, along with reflections on his own childhood

For more than fifty years, Fred Rogers and his enchanting neighborhood have educated, comforted, and influenced millions of people, both young and young at heart. Organized by themes--relationships, childhood, communication, parenthood, and more--this touching collection gathers his signature sayings and wise thoughts, all of which he enriches with his own memories of being a child and growing up. His ability to understand all kinds of people will inspire viewers past and present, and his straightforward, compassionate guidance will help show you how to get the most from life.
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