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Fred Rogers, creator, director and actor of Mister Roger's Neighborhood was a truly beloved television figure that was instrumental in shaping millions children's lives.

His premise was simple - look at life as a child would, seek to educate and teach them how to be the best possible person they can be.

And when he first started his show, people definitely gave him a side-eye. It was during the time of Tom & Jerry and other similarly violent children's cartoons.

But Roger's gentle patience and unrelenting persistence eventually won over a nation.

But, what was he like behind the scenes? Was he truly the person he claimed to be on camera? Who was the real Mister Rogers?

After reading this wonderful book...all I have to say is that this man is a gift and his biography is so wholesome it hurts.

I (like many, many others) remember watching PBS as a child and tuning into Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

I still have crystal-clear memories about learning how crayons were made, watching him feed his fish and interact with the Land of Make-Believe.

And it was so dang cool to learn about what Mister Rogers did behind the scenes - that he thought it was important to teach children about common/everyday things, that he always announced when he was feeding his fish because a blind girl wrote to him asking him to tell her so she'd know when the fish were fed and that he put forth so much time and effort into each and every one of his puppets.

This book does a wonderful job of telling us about his life and legacy.

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