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Genre/Form: | Juvenile works Children's television programs Émissions télévisées pour enfants |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Mister Rogers' neighborhood. Pittsburgh, Penn : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©1996 (OCoLC)604192175 |
Named Person: | Fred Rogers; Fred Rogers |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Collins; Margaret Mary Kimmel; Bob Garfield; Marian Wright Edelman |
ISBN: | 0822939215 9780822939214 0822956527 9780822956525 |
OCLC Number: | 33983616 |
Description: | xix, 249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Foreword: Born again in Rogers / Bob Garfield -- Fred Rogers and the significance of story / George Gerbner -- "What is essential is invisible to the eye" / Jeanne Marie Laskas -- The myth, the man, the legend / David Bianculli -- The reality of make-believe / Nancy E. Curry -- Fred's shoes: the meaning of transitions in Mister Rogers' neighborhood / Roderick Townley -- Musical notes: an interview with Yo-Yo-Ma / Eugenia Zukerman -- With an open hand: puppetry on Mister Rogers' neighborhood / Susan Linn -- The theology of Mister Rogers' neighborhood / William Guy -- Mister Rogers: keeper of the dream / Paula Lawrence Wehmiller -- Make-believe, truth, and freedom: television in the public interest / Lynette Friedrich Cofer -- Mister Rogers speaks to parents / Ellen Galinsky -- Other viewers, other rooms / Mary Rawson -- A neighborhood with forest and trees: allies, coalitions, kids, and Mister Rogers / Mark Shelton -- A very special neighborhood: a photo essay / Lynn Johnson -- Afterword: A nation of neighborhoods / Marian Wright Edelman. |
Responsibility: | Mark Collins and Margaret Mary Kimmel, editors. |
Abstract:
The pieces included in this volume address the influence and importance of Fred Roger, who developed the award-winning PBS series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood". The contributors assert his significant contribution to children's television.
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