Reviews 1 — Gregg Behr

Let’s wonder, together.

Playful and practical, When You Wonder, You're Learning brings the lessons of Mister Rogers into the digital age, introducing a new generation of families to the lessons of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Co-authored with my colleague, Ryan Rydzewski, the book shows parents and educators the many ways they might follow in Rogers’ footsteps.

By exploring the science behind the iconic television program, When You Wonder, You're Learning reveals what Fred Rogers called the “tools for learning”: skills and mindsets that scientists now consider essential. These tools—curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and more—cost next to nothing to develop, and they hinge on the very things that make life worthwhile: self-acceptance; close, loving relationships; and a deep regard for one’s neighbor.

With insights and practical advice from thinkers, scientists, and teachers—many of whom worked with Rogers himself—the book explores how kids and their parents can excel at what Rogers taught best: being human.

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Joanne Rogers + G+Y at CMP .jpg — **Thank you, Joanne, for being present to this world so joyfully, for bringing Fred’s legacy forward, and for your unconditional kindness.**

“*When You Wonder, You’re Learning* contains, in a very real sense, the blueprints my husband left us, and it introduces the people building Neighborhoods of their own.” - Joanne Rogers

“If you learned about life from Fred Rogers’ example, the better off you are. His beloved Neighborhood was a place of curiosity and kindness, of simple joys found in a complicated, yet safe world. Each of us has a role to play in building Neighborhoods of our own. What Behr and Rydzewski have done here is bring Fred Rogers' essential humanity down to earth. That is a gift for all in the Neighborhood.”

— Tom Hanks, Academy Award-winning actor and star of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

“When You Wonder, You’re Learning is a compelling, beautifully written call for seeing, supporting, and loving the individual complexities of every human being, whether they’re kids or adults, our own children or a neighbor’s. Living up to the kindness and humanity that Fred Rogers embodied will never be easy, but with this essential book—full of fascinating science and moving scenes from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood—Behr and Rydzewski have given us the tools.”

— Dr. Todd Rose, former director of the Mind, Brain, and Education program at Harvard University and bestselling author of The End of Average: How We Succeed in a World That Values Sameness