King explores Rogers's surprising decision to walk away from his show to make television for adults, only to return to the neighborhood with increasingly sophisticated episodes, written in collaboration with experts on childhood development. Drawing on original interviews, oral histories, and archival documents, Maxwell King traces Rogers's personal, professional, and artistic life through decades of work. The Good Neighbor, the first full-length biography of Fred Rogers, tells the story of this utterly unique and enduring American icon. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children and to taking their fears, concerns, and questions about the world seriously. Through his long-running television program, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Fred Rogers was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children.

The New York Times bestseller: 'A superb, thoughtful biography' of the creator and star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (David McCullough).

The good neighbor by maxwell king