The Best of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood

Mister Rogers visits a shoe store. He helps children know that there are ups and downs in all friendships when Make-Believe friends learn that sharing can be hard. It can help to know that there are some things you don't have to share.

Join in the fun when Mister Rogers and Mr. McFeely visit with Betty Aberlin and Mary Jo Barron who is teaching a group of children traditional games and songs. In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, the King is planning a royal picnic

Mister Rogers helps children learn about cooperation and deal with the difficult times of friendships in this Make-Believe story when friends and neighbors Henrietta and X hurt each others feelings. And Mister Rogers visits a restaurant.

In the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, Daniel Tiger feels forgotten, and finds out what helps when a friend makes you sad. Mister Rogers helps children know that friendships can be repaired when friends talk about what they're feeling.

Mister Rogers explains that friends may have hard times, but they can also build a stronger friendship each time they are together. It's raining in Make-Believe where the neighbors are finding their own ways to be peaceful together.

Mister Rogers takes a field trip to the US Postal Service to see how people design and make postage stamps. In Make-Believe there's a heat wave and King Friday plans the "spectacular" addition of a swimming pool.

Mister Rogers visits a dairy farm to see how cows are milked and milk is bottled. In Make-Believe, a contractor helps King Friday plan a budget for a swimming pool. Ana talks about being sad that her father is so often away at work.

Mister Rogers fixes a leaky kitchen faucet. In Make-Believe, everyone is working to build a swimming pool. A pipe breaks and that changes the plan for a pool. Mister Rogers helps children know that the work people do can bring about good.

Mister Rogers visits a grocery store. He explains that "nobody can have everything he or she wants." In Make-Believe, the neighbors must make a big decision because there isn't enough money or resources to do everything.

Here's a chance to go behind-the-scenes. Mister Rogers shows the studio where he works and introduces some of the people who help make the program. He even brings out some of puppets he uses in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Mister Rogers walks off the set to introduce the people who make the music on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In Make-Believe King Friday's commands a "Bass Violin Festival." But he is the only person who knows how to play the bass violin!

World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma comes to visit Mister Rogers. They talk about music and feelings, and Yo-Yo Ma shows how his cello music can express many different emotions. And there's a video of how people make bass violins.

Folksinger Ella Jenkins teaches Mister Rogers a rhythmic clapping game. Mister Rogers helps children know it's hard to learn new things. Neighbors in Make-Believe are each finding their own ways to be part of the Bass Violin Festival.

Mister Rogers visits the Empire Brass Quintet and listens carefully to how each instrument sounds alone, and how all the instruments sound together. In Make-Believe the Neighbors are getting ready for the Bass Violin Festival.

Mister Rogers' visits Tom O'Horgan who shows him his collection of unusual and fascinating musical instruments from all over the world. In Make-Believe all the neighbors join together to celebrate a Bass Violin Festival.