Fred Rogers (1928–2003) had a tremendous influential on generations of children through his television program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, a program which he created and played the title role. Rogers was on the ground floor of teaching compassion, equality, and kindness. He advocated for inclusion and against bullying. Rogers devoted his lief to children and he took their fears, concerns, and questions about the world seriously.

The Good Neighbor is the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the life story of this American icon. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, the author, Maxwell King looks at Rogers’s personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work, including his years as a Presbyterian minister. What the viewing public may not have known was that in the 1980’s on Rogers’ increasingly sophisticated episodes were written in collaboration with experts on childhood development. The book takes the reader through Rogers’ delayed retirement, at a point by which he was already ill with stomach cancer. The reader follows Rogers’ and his wife as they face is final days. This is a wonderful book that provides great detail into an amazing man.